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Definition of Red-handed

1. Adjective. In the act of committing a crime or other reprehensible act. "Caught red-handed"

2. Adverb. Doing something reprehensible or showing clear evidence of having done something reprehensible. "He was caught red-handed"

Medical Definition of Red-handed

1. 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: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Red-handed

red-breasted nuthatch red-breasted sapsucker red-breasted snipe red-brick red-carpet(a) red-coated red-eye red-eyed vireo red-faced red-flowered silky oak

red-green color blindness red-green colour blindness red-green dichromacy red-gum red-handed (current term) red-handed (current term) red-header red-hot red-hot poker red-ink

red-lead putty red-legged partridge red-letter day red-light district red-necked grebe red-riband red-rimmed red-shafted flicker red-short red-shouldered hawk

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