{ Red″–hand′ (r?d″h?nd′), 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.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.