suçüstü

Turkish

Etymology

From suç (“crime”) +‎ üst (“top, upper”) +‎ -ü (possessive suffix), literally “on (the) crime”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsut͡ʃ.ys.ty/
Hyphenation: suç‧üs‧tü

Noun

suçüstü (definite accusative suçüstünü, plural suçüstüler)

(law) An act of catching someone red-handed.
Synonyms: (dated) cürmümeşhut, (dated) meşhut suç

Adverb

suçüstü

In the act of wrongdoing, red-handed.

Derived terms

suçüstü mahkemesi
suçüstü yakalamak

Related terms

insanlık suçu
suç aleti
suç işlemek
yüz kızartıcı suç

Further reading

“suçüstü”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “suçüstü”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4345

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