red-handed

Speech parts

1. red-handed - Adjective

2. red-handed - Adverb

4. red-handed - Phrase

5. red-handed - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Alternative names

red handed

Synonyms

in flagrante delicto guilty openly offending culpable blatantly unawares full-blooded delinquent plethoric blameworthy sanguineous caught on the spot impeachable
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Antonyms

virgin free negative pure moral straight
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Examples

I mean my characters are more like men than these real men are, see. They're rough and rude, they got hands and they got bellies. They hate and they lust; break the skin of civilization and you find the ape, roaring and red-handed. Robert E. Howard

If you commit perjury in a so-called first-degree murder case, and you're caught red-handed for the entire world to see, and you get only a $200 fine, what kind of message does that send about lying in our courts? Johnnie Cochran

The relationship between 'My Chemical Romance' and Michael Pedicone is over. He was caught red-handed stealing from the band and confessed to police after our show last night in Auburn, Washington. We are heartbroken and sick to our stomachs over this entire situation. Frank Iero

caught red-handed Source: Internet

he was caught red-handed Source: Internet

"Caught red-handed by Darktrace AI," Heinemeyer says, "the employee was obliged to shut up shop and go home." Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

red handed

Close letter words and terms

red-haired red-hairedness red-hand red-handed tamarin red-handedly red-handedness