red-handed

red-hand·ed (r

adv. & adj.

In the act of committing something wrong.

[Earlier red-hand, with the hands red (from blood).]

red-handed·ly adv.

red-handed

adj

(postpositive) in the act of committing a crime or doing something wrong or shameful (esp in the phrase catch red-handed)

[C19 (earlier, C15 red hand)]

red-handedly adv

red-handedness n

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Adj.	1.	red-handed - in the act of committing a crime or other reprehensible act; "caught red-handed" guilty - responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act; "guilty of murder"; "the guilty person"; "secret guilty deeds"
Adv.	1.	red-handed - doing something reprehensible or showing clear evidence of having done something reprehensible; "he was caught red-handed"

red-handed

adjective in the act, with your pants down (U.S. slang), (in) flagrante delicto, with your fingers or hand in the till (informal), bang to rights (slang) My boyfriend and I robbed a store and were caught red-handed.

Translations

red-handed [ˈredˈhændɪd] ADJ to catch sb red-handed → pillar or coger or (LAm) agarrar a algn con las manos en la masa

red-handed [ˌrɛdˈhændɪd] adj to catch sb red-handed → prendere qn con le mani nel sacco, cogliere qn in flagrante

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bang
Bloody hand
certainty
flagrante delicto
guilt
guilty
in flagrante delicto
Northern Ireland
red
Red Hand Defenders
red-faced
Red-hand
redevelopment
rhd
surprise
Turning and Twisting

Finn the Red-Handed had stolen a skillet and a quan- tity of half-cured leaf tobacco, and had also brought a few corn-cobs to make pipes with.

Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context

I say, we went over, but I was pushed over by Pumblechook, exactly as if I had that moment picked a pocket or fired a rick; indeed, it was the general impression in Court that I had been taken red-handed, for, as Pumblechook shoved me before him through the crowd, I heard some people say, "What's he done?

Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context

"I once thought of calling myself Red-handed Jack," he said diffidently.

The Adventures of Peter Pan by Barrie, James Matthew View in context

red-flowering summer pheasant's eye
Red-footed Boobies
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Red-footed Booby
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