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red·-handed (red′han′did)
adverb
- while committing a crime or doing some wrong
- in an undeniably incriminating or compromising situation
Etymology: < the notion of the hands covered with a victim's blood
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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