catch red-handed

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28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Betawi: puatang — capture someone in the act of committing a crime
• Chinese Mandarin: 當場捕獲 /当场捕获 (dāngchǎng bǔhuò) — capture someone in the act of committing a crime
• Dutch: op heterdaad betrappen — capture someone in the act of committing a crime
• Finnish: jäädä rysän päältä kiinni — capture someone in the act of committing a crime
• French: prendre la main dans le sac — capture someone in the act of committing a crime
• Galician: cachar — capture someone in the act of committing a crime
• Galician: coller na allada — capture someone in the act of committing a crime
• German: auf frischer Tat ertappen — capture someone in the act of committing a crime
• Hungarian: rajtakap — capture someone in the act of committing a crime
• Hungarian: tetten ér — capture someone in the act of committing a crime
• Indonesian: menangkap basah — capture someone in the act of committing a crime
• Indonesian: tertangkap tangan — capture someone in the act of committing a crime
• Italian: cogliere in flagrante — capture someone in the act of committing a crime
• Italian: cogliere sul fatto — capture someone in the act of committing a crime
• Italian: cogliere con le mani nel sacco — capture someone in the act of committing a crime
• Italian: cogliere con il sorcio in bocca — capture someone in the act of committing a crime
• Italian: cogliere con le mani nella marmellata — capture someone in the act of committing a crime
• Japanese: 現行犯で捕まえる (genkōhan de tsukamaeru) — capture someone in the act of committing a crime
• Polish: łapać na gorącym uczynku — capture someone in the act of committing a crime
• Polish: złapać na gorącym uczynku — capture someone in the act of committing a crime
• Portuguese: pegar no flagra — capture someone in the act of committing a crime
• Romanian: prinde cu mâța-n sac — capture someone in the act of committing a crime
• Russian: поймать с поличным (pojmatʹ s poličnym) — capture someone in the act of committing a crime
• Russian: заста́ть на ме́сте преступле́ния (zastátʹ na méste prestuplénija) — capture someone in the act of committing a crime
• Russian: поймать за руку (pojmatʹ za ruku) — capture someone in the act of committing a crime
• Swedish: ta på bar gärning — capture someone in the act of committing a crime
• Swedish: ta med fingrarna i syltburken — capture someone in the act of committing a crime
• Swedish: ta med fingrarna i kakburken — capture someone in the act of committing a crime