English dictionary
redhand
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
adjective
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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 <i>red-hand</i> or <i>red-handed</i>.
Source: webster1913