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  2. ‘Atlanta’ fact check: Is the phrase ‘caught red-handed ...

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    To be more specific, “red-handed” can be found in Sir Walter Scott’s “Ivanhoe” from 1820: “I did but tie one fellow, who was taken redhanded and in the fact, to the horns of a wild ...

  3. In flagrante delicto - Wikipedia

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    in Flagranti, Antwerp 1607 . In flagrante delicto (Latin for "in blazing offence"), sometimes simply in flagrante ("in blazing"), is a legal term used to indicate that a criminal has been caught in the act of committing an offence (compare corpus delicti).

  4. Caught Red Handed - Wikipedia

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    Caught Red Handed takes a close look at the daily life of loss-prevention agents as they apprehend shoplifting suspects. [1] In May 2012, the producers issued a casting call for actors to portray shoplifters on the show. [2] At the end of each show, the credits reveal that the show consists of "reenactments inspired by true events." [3] [4] [5]

  5. ‘Atlanta’ Fact Check: Is the Phrase ‘Caught Red-Handed ...

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    Should you be avoiding the expression “caught red-handed?” Thursday’s episode of “Atlanta” on FX posed the question, where does that phrase actually come from? The episode titled ...

  6. Red Riding - Wikipedia

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    Red Riding is a British crime drama limited series written by Tony Grisoni and based on the book series of the same name by David Peace.The series comprises the novels Nineteen Seventy-Four (1999), Nineteen Seventy-Seven (2000), Nineteen Eighty (2001) and Nineteen Eighty-Three (2002), and the first, third, and fourth of these novels became three feature-length television episodes, Red Riding ...

  7. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2013 August 31 ...

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    There is the standard expression "catch/caught the culprit red-handed", that is, in the act of actually stealing, stabbing, setting on fire, whatever. This is way before they're even charged, let alone tried or convicted.

  8. Red Right Hand (film) - Wikipedia

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    Red Right Hand is a 2024 American action thriller film directed by Ian Nelms and Eshom Nelms and starring Orlando Bloom and Andie MacDowell. [ 2 ] Red Right Hand was released on February 23, 2024.

  9. Fictitious entry - Wikipedia

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    In the Fred Saberhagen short story, "The Annihilation of Angkor Apeiron" a Berserker ship comes to grief after trying to find a nonexistent star system inserted into an encyclopedia to catch plagiarists. Agloe, New York, is a key plot point in John Green's 2008 novel Paper Towns and its film adaptation. The novels also references the fictitious ...