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  • He was caught red-handed taking money from the cash register.
  • The 30-year-old man was caught red-handed by residents as he was about to make off with a stolen motorcycle.
  • Mr. Lipson opened his mouth to put in the caviar and stopped midbite as though I had caught him red-handed, eating my peers. The Adults
  • My boyfriend and I robbed a store and were caught red-handed.
  • Many times it is ridiculous that a case even gets as far as a trial, because the accused was caught red-handed and is sure to be found guilty anyway. Professionalize The Jury System | Heretical Ideas Magazine
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  • The culprits, who were caught red-handed by police, caused £20,000 damage.
  • In a case of media behaving badly, the UK's News of the World--a newspaper owned by Rupert Murdoch, who also owns the US's Fox News--ceased publication after being caught red-handed in an embarrassing scandal. The Media Consortium: The Wavelength: Court to FCC do your freakin job! Plus: how the NewsCorps scandal impacts u.s. media
  • The excitement of the weekend was catching a bicycle thief red-handed.
  • LAST week, two Bulgarian border policemen were caught red-handed after stealing a mobile telephone belonging to US ambassador John Beyrle.
  • It would be very silly of my persecutor to risk some mishap, Rafaelli being caught red-handed, the whole plot compromised. DOUBTFUL MOTIVES
  • His expression was that of a child who had been caught red-handed.
  • Eight primates are found here including the bearded saki (Chiropotes albinasus), red-handed tamarin (Saguinus midas), and tiny titi monkey (Callicebus moloch), which is found in few other places. Xingu-Tocantins-Araguaia moist forests
  • caught red-handed
  • He spends all of his waking hours hatching schemes to catch the thief red-handed.
  • The culprit turned out to be my dog, caught red-handed troughing into the berries when she thought no-one was looking.
  • Armed raiders were caught red-handed yesterday as they were about to carry out a heist on a security van.
  • He was caught red-handed taking money from the cash register.
  • Eventually, Tina was caught red-handed on videotape clandestinely throwing objects.
  • This might even help them if they accidentally get caught red-handed.
  • Burglars are often undone by carelessness: some get caught red-handed, others are pulled in for traffic offences while driving a vanload of stolen goods.
  • And thanks for the French translations ... next time a customs official catches me red-handed with mon coupe menstruelle I'll know what to say!! Archive: Oct 08 - Mar 09
  • His prospects of victory were not helped when bosses decided on Monday that the vote would take the form of a secret ballot, allowing his rivals a chance to trip him up without being caught red-handed.
  • A smoker caught red-handed throwing a butt on the ground would also be fined, he said.
  • I mean yes, I was caught red-handed playing hooky, so I did take a good tanning from my old man.
  • Some have developed or perfected sophisticated skills to carry out corruption without being caught red-handed.
  • Armed robbers were caught red-handed yesterday as they were about to carry out a raid on a security van.
  • What could I say to defend myself when I had been caught red-handed?
  • I mean yes, I was caught red-handed playing hooky, so I did take a good tanning from my old man.
  • Short of being caught red-handed stealing clients' money, accountants were rarely disciplined.
  • They were caught red-handed mucking up the "proof. Harlan Ellison on God
  • Burglars were caught red-handed surrounded by computers that they were intending to steal from a business.
  • Of course, the police caught the burglars red-handed.
  • Confused, I examined the garland behind the couch—and caught Jeremy red-handed.
  • he was caught red-handed
  • My boyfriend and I robbed a store and were caught red-handed.
  • The bearded saki (Chiropotes satanas), howler monkey (Alouatta belzebul), and red-handed tamarin (Saguinus midas) are all eastern Amazonian primates. Tocantins-Araguaia-Maranhão moist forests
  • The only way to find out whether it was true was to attempt to catch them red-handed, and this required subterfuge. Times, Sunday Times
  • Now police are deliberately ‘baiting’ cars in South Yorkshire in an attempt to catch the thieves red-handed.
  • A spy camera was set up - and caught the crook red-handed. The Sun
  • And then on June 17, five men were caught red-handed trying to burgle the offices of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate building.
  • He spends all of his waking hours hatching schemes to catch the thief red-handed.
  • She caught students red-handed with their parts entwined frequently, and the rest of the student body talked about sex as if it was just as normal as attending a baseball game or playing video games. Daniel P. Malito: The Scarlet e-Letter
  • A York gardener was caught red-handed with a hoard of stolen statues, gnomes and ornaments, magistrates heard.
  • Had someone called us when the raid was in progress, we could have caught them red-handed.
  • If we wait to catch them red-handed, we are toying with the lives of innocent citizens. Times, Sunday Times
  • The fact is that it is ineffective in cases of proven crime and criminals who have been caught red-handed.
  • It seems a rare occasion to catch a thief red-handed.
  • November 28th, 2009 6: 58 pm ET this is the biggest pay-2-play political scam ever .... and Newt was caught red-handed with his hand in the cookie jar .... who's next? Topless club owner names dog shelter after Gingrich
  • He could get caught red-handed in the most heinous of crimes and she would keep him out of jail.
  • A York gardener was caught red-handed with a hoard of stolen statues, gnomes and ornaments, magistrates heard.
  • Kerry let me remind you is the former constituency of Dick Spring, former leader of the Labour Party and the current constituency of former IRA commander Martin Ferris TD, a man who was once caught red-handed shipping a cargo Libyan supplied arms and the home of gombeen Jackie Healey-Rae, a man who would make a St. Patrick's Day leprauchan blush with shame at his shameless stage Oirish paddywackery. On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
  • A hoax caller was caught red-handed by firefighters after his phone led them to the pub where he was drinking.
  • I immediately freeze and turn around, my face flushing with heat, feeling like I've just been caught red-handed, although caught at what I'm not sure.
  • But it was no teenage delinquent - the man caught red-handed was a 59-year-old university lecturer.

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