| 单词 | to catch with the goods |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto catch (a person) with the goods c. In plural. With the. Stolen items or objects found in someone's possession, providing obvious evidence of guilt; (by extension) incriminating evidence or information; conclusive proof of guilt. Chiefly in to catch (a person) with the goods, to pin the goods on. See also to get the goods on at Phrases 7b. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > [noun] > incontrovertible or incriminating goods1771 corpus delicti1922 smoking pistol1974 1771 Bingley's Jrnl. 18 May Pursuit was made, and a woman caught with the goods upon her. 1833 P. Bingham Rep. Court Common Pleas 9 382 The mere intermediate hand is not responsible unless he be caught with the goods. 1851 T. J. Grover Plough & Harrow Addr. 7 Both proper cases to be tried on the ground where they were caught with the goods upon them and evidences fresh. 1900 G. Ade More Fables 94 I insist that he is an American traveling Incog. I suspect that I have Caught him with the Goods. 1918 A. Stringer House of Intrigue iii. 54 But they had him with the goods on. 1919 Detective Story Mag. Nov. 50 Detective Craddock had informed Thubway Tham that, sooner or later, he was going to ‘catch him with the goods’. 1922 Progressive Grocer May 24/1 Sally Lou had a hunch that all was not well and yet she couldn't pin the goods on anybody. 1973 J. Rubinstein City Police iv. 168 He closes in quickly to ‘get the goods’ before they are consumed. 2006 J. London Into Temptation ii. 30 You won't want to be called in for questioning whether or not they can pin the goods on you. < as lemmas |
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