• 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.


    Red-handed meaning & definition 1 of Red-handed.


  • to find someone in the act of doing something illegal

    Red-handed meaning & definition 2 of Red-handed.

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