bang to rights

From reinterpretation of bang (“completely”) as bang (“to handle noisily or violently”).

• "I am as intent on banging them all to rights as the next bleeding heart middle-class liberal, but take a look at the record so far."
• "Good week for: Cyclists, after Britain's most prolific bicycle thief was banged to rights."
• "His alter-ego Batman utters nothing more provocative than the occasional “holy smoke” as he bangs adversaries to rights"
• "He'd been untouchable for the past decade, but now Roy Grace had finally banged him to rights."

• fair cop