"fall into the wrong hands" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-fall into the wrong hands.ogg [Australia] Forms: falls into the wrong hands [present, singular, third-person], falling into the wrong hands [participle, present], fell into the wrong hands [past], fallen into the wrong hands [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|fall<,,fell,fallen> into the wrong hands}} fall into the wrong hands (third-person singular simple present falls into the wrong hands, present participle falling into the wrong hands, simple past fell into the wrong hands, past participle fallen into the wrong hands)
  1. (idiomatic) To become the possession of, or be discovered by, an unfriendly third party. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: get into the wrong hands Translations (become the possession of or be discovered by an unfriendly third party): 落入壞人之手 (Chinese Mandarin), 落入坏人之手 (luòrù huàirén zhī shǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), joutua vääriin käsiin (Finnish), cair em mãos erradas (Portuguese), încăpea pe mâini rele (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-fall_into_the_wrong_hands-en-verb-VlqjmF0- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations

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