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dead to rightsDefinitely guilty of a crime or other misdeed; caught in the act. Thanks to footage from the security cameras, the police were able to catch the burglars dead to rights.See also: dead, right(bang) dead to rightsin the act; (guilty) without question. We caught her dead to rights with the loot still on her. There he was, bang dead to rights with the smoking gun still in his hands.See also: dead, rightdead to rightsIn the act of committing an error or crime, red-handed. For example, They caught the burglars dead to rights with the Oriental rugs. This phrase uses to rights in the sense of "at once." [Slang; mid-1800s] See also: dead, rightdead to rights verbSee bang dead to rightsSee also: dead, right dead to rights In the very act of making an error or committing a crime: The police caught the thief dead to rights with my silverware.See also: dead, rightdead to rightsAbsolutely without doubt; also, red-handed, in the act of doing something. The term originated in the United States in the mid-nineteenth century and was used mostly with reference to criminal activity. George Washington Marsell defined it in his Vocabulum or The Rogue’s Lexicon (1859): “Dead to rights [means] positively guilty and no way of getting clear.” It is heard less often today.See also: dead, rightEncyclopediaSeedeadFinancialSeeRightAcronymsSeeDTR |