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Phrase(s): catch someone with something
1. to discover or apprehend someone with something—usually something stolen or illicit. • They caught Elizabeth with the earrings she shoplifted. • Don’t let them catch you with the money! 2. to apprehend someone with the aid of something. • The state trooper caught the speeder with radar. • The cops caught Lefty with the help of an informer.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs