redhanded

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A form of red-handed — Showing clear evidence of guilt; in the act of wrongdoing.

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Meanings

adjectiveredhanded (comparative more redhanded, superlative most redhanded)

comparative more redhanded · superlative most redhanded

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of red-handed.

    Never seen 'im but onct—mought be a redhanded 'sass'n—ur a thief—ur—ur—ur anythin'!

    1913, Edwin Carlile Litsey, A Maid of the Kentucky Hills, →ISBN
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    ...the prosecuting attorney referred to the defendant as a “murderer” in one instance, and in another as a “redhanded murderer.”

    1936, Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the territory of Arizona, Volume 47, page 239

    No, Yellow Hat had stupidly, I'm sure, jailed me in Fate's main vault!; he'd put a redhanded thief rover adrift but jailed in a warehouse of his main desire.

    1993, Steven Culbert, The Beautiful Woman Without Mercy &, The King of Scarecrows, →ISBN, page 54
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APA

redhanded. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redhanded

MLA

“redhanded.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redhanded. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “redhanded,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redhanded.

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