Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive English) To discover or expose as fake, insincere, or inaccurate. 2 (context transitive cricket English) To put a batsman out by catching the batted ball before it touches the ground.
WordNet
v. trap; especially in an error or in a reprehensible act; "He was caught out"; "She was found out when she tried to cash the stolen checks" [syn: find out]
Usage examples of "catch out".
Dolores immediately began pulling her catch out of the water, and he strained with all his might to get his end out.
Are we any more sympathetic to pirates we catch out on the high seas?
He was immediately shushed by his neighbors, so there would have been no point in my turning to catch out the dissident even if the matter had concerned me more acutely.
The loadie smiled ruefully, perhaps hoping he'd be able to catch out his next civilian passenger.