Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Red-hand

Red-hand (r?d"h?nd`) , a. o 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.

Also: Red-handed