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Definition of: red-handed
(red′han′did) adjective
1. Having hands red with blood, as a murderer caught in the act; hence, having just committed any crime.
2. Caught in the act of doing some particular thing: not always in a bad sense.
—red′–hand′ed·ly adverb
—red′–hand′ed·ness noun
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