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to catch somebody with one's hand in the cookie jar
[have] {one's} [hand] in the cookie jarto catch somebody with one's hand in the cookie jar
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to catch someone in the act of doing something wrong or inappropriate
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Idiom
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The police officer arrested the thief with his hand in the cookie jar as he attempted to steal from the store.
