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How to use caught red-handed in a sentence

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The 30-year-old man was caught red-handed by residents as he was about to make off with a stolen motorcycle.
Armed raiders were caught red-handed yesterday as they were about to carry out a heist on a security van.
A York gardener was caught red-handed with a hoard of stolen statues, gnomes and ornaments, magistrates heard.
Short of being caught red-handed stealing clients' money, accountants were rarely disciplined.
Eventually, Tina was caught red-handed on videotape clandestinely throwing objects.
All the studies show that a true deterrent to crime is the real fear criminals have of being caught red-handed and ultimately being charged.
A hoax caller was caught red-handed by firefighters after his phone led them to the pub where he was drinking.
Some have developed or perfected sophisticated skills to carry out corruption without being caught red-handed.
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.
All this comes from a party that broke election financing rules only to change its position when it was caught red-handed.
The culprit turned out to be my dog, caught red-handed troughing into the berries when she thought no-one was looking.
A persistent, yet bungling, house breaker is behind bars for more than four years after being caught red-handed during his latest two exploits.
What kind of an agreement is it when a fishing trawler is caught red-handed and nothing can be done about it?
Once again the Liberal Party has been caught red-handed in stretching the truth to the breaking point.
He was caught red-handed appealing for campaign funds in the 1872 election from the man who stood to gain most from the railway franchise.
Failure to convene Reading Committee meetings over a long period of time granted de facto impunity to companies caught red-handed.
I mean yes, I was caught red-handed playing hooky, so I did take a good tanning from my old man.
But one night, Darone was caught red-handed, and the two villages fought against each other.
A baggage boss at Manchester Airport was caught red-handed stealing from luggage after a sting operation was set up by police.
The fact is that it is ineffective in cases of proven crime and criminals who have been caught red-handed.
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Unfortunately for the light-fingered defender his actions had been spotted by the TV cameras and he was caught red-handed.
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