caught in the act · amiss · answerable · at fault · blamable · blameful · blameworthy · caught · caught red-handed · censurable · demeritorious · dirty · found ...

catch in the act · ambush · bushwhack · capture · discover · grab · grasp · nab · seize · take · waylay. Weak matches. burst in on · catch off ...

Synonyms for Caught in the act · caught red-handed · blameworthy · guilty · answerable · at fault · culpable · reprehensible · caught in flagrante delicto. adj.

Synonyms: surprise, come upon unexpectedly, take unawares, discover, catch off one's guard, burst in on.

Similar meaning · caught red-handed · blameworthy · guilty · answerable · at fault · culpable · reprehensible · caught in flagrante delicto · blameable · burst ...

stumble across · stumble onto ; run into · run across ; meet by chance · luck into ; strike · meet up with ; cross paths · rub eyeballs.

adj. · Caught · amiss · answerable · at fault · blamable · blameful · blameworthy · censurable; ,; dirty; ,; guilty; ,; hung up; ,; liable; , ...

If you catch someone in the act, you discover them doing something wrong or committing a crime. The men were caught in the act of digging up buried explosives.

Some alternative expressions for "caught the act" include "busted in the act," "nabbed red-handed," "caught in the act of wrongdoing," "caught in the act of ...