bang to rights
Caught with evidence
Bang to rights is British slang meaning caught red-handed, with irrefutable evidence of guilt: The police had him bang to rights—his fingerprints were all over the murder weapon.
The phrase suggests there's no possible defense or escape from the accusation.
Sometimes shortened to just banged to rights.
- red-handedCaught mid-crime
- caughtSeized or grabbed
- guiltyResponsible for wrongdoing
- gotchaExclamation upon catching someone
- exposedOut in open
fair cop · busted · hands up · confession · culpability · unmasked · admitting · evidence · catch red-handed · in the act · uncovering · proof · detection · cop it · open and shut · conviction · beyond doubt · testimony
bang to rightsinnocent
Free from moral wrong
not guilty · blameless · exonerated · cleared · acquitted
bang to rightsscot-free
Without penalty or harm
undetected · uncaught · in the clear · under the radar · unsuspected
bang to rightsunproven
Not yet established
unprovable · insufficient evidence · reasonable doubt · circumstantial · unsubstantiated
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