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red-handed
[ red-han-did ]
adjective
- in the very act of a crime, wrongdoing, etc., or in possession of self-incriminating evidence:
They caught him red-handed dipping into the till.
red-handed
adjective
- postpositive in the act of committing a crime or doing something wrong or shameful (esp in the phrase catch red-handed )
Derived Forms
- ˌred-ˈhandedly, adverb
- ˌred-ˈhandedness, noun
Other Words From
- red-handed·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of red-handed1
Word History and Origins
Origin of red-handed1
Example Sentences
This was beside the point, Breitbart argued, because ACORN was “caught red-handed.”
Sen. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) was caught red-handed by the C-SPAN camera making his thoughts on the bombed joke all too clear.
Having been caught red-handed with a smoking bong firmly pasted to his maw, the long knives are out for the Olympic hero.
We've caught six men red-handed right on the rookery, with dead seals, most of them females.
He was captured red-handed in the act at yonder window, listening to that which he may never know and live to prate about.
The son miraculously escaped these red-handed reprisals; and Hamilcar's faithful slave smuggled him aboard ship for Athens.
Here was Elaine, caught red-handed in the commission of all three of these stupendous crimes.
Maunders himself was too much of a coward to steal, too politic not to realize the disadvantage in being caught red-handed.
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