red-handed
red-handed:
1. expr. by manifestus (adj.), manifesto (adv.): to take the conspirators r., conjuratores manifestos habere, Sall. Cat. 41, extr.. Cic. Clu. 14, 42.
2. later but more exactly expressive, flagranti crimine (delicto); e. g. comprehendere, Cod. Just. 9, 13, 1, init.
1. expr. by manifestus (adj.), manifesto (adv.): to take the conspirators r., conjuratores manifestos habere, Sall. Cat. 41, extr.. Cic. Clu. 14, 42.
2. later but more exactly expressive, flagranti crimine (delicto); e. g. comprehendere, Cod. Just. 9, 13, 1, init.