redhandedness

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A form of red-handedness — The condition of being caught with clear evidence of guilt.

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Meanings

nounredhandedness (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of red-handedness.

    He was in the redhandedness of impeccable sleep when the pounding came at the hotel door.

    2008, Clarence Major, My Amputations, →ISBN, page 192
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    lt is not permissible to take any step or impose penalties against any member of the National Assembly except in the following cases : a) ln the event of redhandedness b)...

    1970, Farouk M. Luqman, Yemen 1970, page 69

    Redhandedness is also an instrument a contractor employs to keep us in submission. We don't like it.

    1971, Report: Nigeria Board of Inquiry into the Affairs of the Amalgamated Dockworkers Transport and General Workers' Union, page 32

Origin

From redhanded + -ness.

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APA

redhandedness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redhandedness

MLA

“redhandedness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redhandedness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “redhandedness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redhandedness.

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