Definition of red-handed:
		
		
		(v) :
		
		in the act of 
wrongdoing.  Almost always used in the phrase to be caught red-handed
		
 
								
				"his mother caught him red-handed, reaching into the cookie jar."
			
	 
 
		
		
		Definition of red-handed:
		
		
		(v) :
		
		in the act of 
wrongdoing.  Almost always used in the phrase to be caught red-handed
		
 
								
				"his mother caught him red-handed, reaching into the cookie jar."