have the goods on (someone)

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To have incriminating evidence or proof against someone. We know he's guilty, but we can't arrest him until we have the goods on him.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hene	-	Yiddish
Liat	-	Hebrew
Gillian	JIL-ee-ən, GIL-ee-ən	English
Stefanus	-	Dutch
Gratiana	-	Ancient Roman
Lojze	-	Slovene