'Red-handed' definitions:
Definition of 'red-handed'
From: WordNet
adverb
Doing something reprehensible or showing clear evidence of having done something reprehensible; "he was caught red-handed"
adjective
In the act of committing a crime or other reprehensible act; "caught red-handed"
Definition of 'Red-handed'
From: GCIDE
- Red-hand \Red"-hand`\ (r?d"h?nd`), Red-handed \Red"-hand`ed\ (-h?nd`?d), a. or adv. 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. [1913 Webster]