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catch red-handed en · VERB

Meanings

1. (idiomatic, transitive) To discover or capture someone in the act of committing a crime.

Forms

Relateds

hand in the cookie jar

Translations (28)

ro prinde cu mâța-n sac (capture someone in the act of committing a crime) · bew puatang (capture someone in the act of committing a crime) · it cogliere con il sorcio in bocca (capture someone in the act of committing a crime) · sv ta på bar gärning (capture someone in the act of committing a crime) · id menangkap basah (capture someone in the act of committing a crime) · sv ta med fingrarna i syltburken (capture someone in the act of committing a crime) · pl złapać na gorącym uczynku (capture someone in the act of committing a crime) · it cogliere in flagrante (capture someone in the act of committing a crime) · pt pegar no flagra (capture someone in the act of committing a crime) · sv ta med fingrarna i kakburken (capture someone in the act of committing a crime) · it cogliere con le mani nel sacco (capture someone in the act of committing a crime) · ru заста́ть на ме́сте преступле́ния (capture someone in the act of committing a crime) · ru поймать за руку (capture someone in the act of committing a crime) · pl łapać na gorącym uczynku (capture someone in the act of committing a crime) · hu rajtakap (capture someone in the act of committing a crime) · fr prendre la main dans le sac (capture someone in the act of committing a crime) · id tertangkap tangan (capture someone in the act of committing a crime) · gl cachar (capture someone in the act of committing a crime) · it cogliere sul fatto (capture someone in the act of committing a crime) · gl coller na allada (capture someone in the act of committing a crime) · hu tetten ér (capture someone in the act of committing a crime) · ru поймать с поличным (capture someone in the act of committing a crime) · nl op heterdaad betrappen (capture someone in the act of committing a crime) · ja 現行犯で捕まえる (capture someone in the act of committing a crime) · it cogliere con le mani nella marmellata (capture someone in the act of committing a crime) · cmn 當場捕獲 /当场捕获 (capture someone in the act of committing a crime) · fi jäädä rysän päältä kiinni (capture someone in the act of committing a crime) · de auf frischer Tat ertappen (capture someone in the act of committing a crime)