Thesaurus: red-handed
Having hands red with blood; in the very act, as if with red or bloody hands; -- said of a person taken in the act of homicide; hence, fresh from the commission of crime; as, he was taken red-hand or red-handed.
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Definitions
- a. / adv. Having hands red with blood; in the very act, as if with red or bloody hands; -- said of a person taken in the act of homicide; hence, fresh from the commission of crime; as, he was taken red-hand or red-handed.
- adj. in the act of committing a crime or other reprehensible act
- adv. doing something reprehensible or showing clear evidence of having done something reprehensible
- Having hands red with blood; in the very act, as if with red or bloody hands; -- said of a person taken in the act of homicide; hence, fresh from the commission of crime; as, he was taken red-hand or red-handed.
- r:100 s. in the act of committing a crime or other reprehensible act r. doing something reprehensible or showing clear evidence of having done something reprehensible