Definition of "redhanded"

redhanded

adjective
comparative more redhanded, superlative most redhanded
1. Alternative spelling of red-handed
  Quotations
  Never seen 'im but onct—mought be a redhanded 'sass'n—ur a thief—ur—ur—ur anythin'!
  1913, Edwin Carlile Litsey, A Maid of the Kentucky Hills
  ...the prosecuting attorney referred to the defendant as a “murderer” in one instance, and in another as a “redhanded murderer.”
  1936, Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the territory of Arizona, Volume 47, page 239
  No, Yellow Hat had stupidly, I'm sure, jailed me in Fate's main vault!; he'd put a redhanded thief rover adrift but jailed in a warehouse of his main desire.
  1993, Steven Culbert, The Beautiful Woman Without Mercy &, The King of Scarecrows, page 54