caught in the act

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To be found doing something that you weren't supposed to be doing, while you're doing it

Previously, he blamed his brother for drawing on the walls but when he was caught in the act, he could deny it no longer.

in the act
In the process of doing something; used to emphasize the eye-witness evidence

She denied it but she had been spotted in the act.

be caught in the act
be caught "red-handed", be trapped or captured while doing something wrong
in the act
while doing something; while having sexual intercourse
caught in the act
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