getting caught
- bustedApprehended or broken
- nabbedSeized or arrested
- trappedUnable to escape
- exposedOut in open
- discoveredFound something previously unknown
red-handed · guilty · snared · cornered · escape · flee · hiding · secret · lie · evidence · alibi · suspicious · witness · confession · interrogation · handcuffs · spotlight · shame
detection/discovery
getting caughtgetting away with it
flying under the radar · slipping away · eluding · slipping through the cracks · vanishing