Red Hand

And now behold him brought in red-hand to judgment, not without a kick or two from the wrathful foot of Amyas Leigh. ❋ Unknown (2007)

He was a buttonman at last, with the pride of a buttonman, his red-hand badge stuck out from his lapel. ❋ Jamie O’Neill (2002)

To Pitcairn, compiler of Criminal Trials in Scotland, from indications in whose account of the murder I have been set on the hunt for material concerning it, I am indebted for the information that Jean and her women were taken red-hand. ❋ Unknown (1935)

Small wonder that the burghers found exercise for their clacking tongues from the dawning, for the lovely Jean was taken by the officers ` red-hand, 'as the phrase was, for the murder of her husband. ❋ Unknown (1935)

They themselves could hardly have taken the Lady Warriston red-hand, because in the meantime the actual perpetrator of the murder, a horse-boy named Robert Weir, in the employ of Jean's father, had made good his escape. ❋ Unknown (1935)

For this reason the same authority is at a loss to know whether the prisoners were immediately put to the knowledge of an assize, being taken "red-hand," without the formality of being served a "dittay" (as who should say an indictment), as in ordinary cases, before the magistrates of Edinburgh, or else sent for trial before the baron bailie of the regality of Broughton, in whose jurisdiction Warriston was situated. ❋ Unknown (1935)

A person taken red-hand, it would be imagined, would be one found in such circumstances relating to a murder as would leave no doubt as to his or her having "airt and pairt" in the crime. ❋ Unknown (1935)

"Fer all she's a kind of prisoner right here, caught red-hand doin 'the damnedest she knows to break us in favour of the outfit that pays her?" ❋ Ridgwell Cullum (1905)

Somewhere behind her, in the shelter of the woods, a mid-day camp had been pitched, and the men who had captured her red-hand in the work of their enemies were preparing the, rough food of the trail. ❋ Ridgwell Cullum (1905)

He had won his wealth by viking's work, robbing the English coasts, and black tales were told of his doings in his youth on the sea, for he was a "red-hand" viking. ❋ Henry Rider Haggard (1890)

For ye wot well I am Reidmar, and that there ye lie red-hand ❋ William Morris (1865)

The apparition of my red-hand did not cause an alarm. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

The visages of bears, wolves, and other fierce animals, are depicted on their breasts and shields -- with the still more horrid emblems of the death's head, the cross-bones, and the red-hand. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

But Agni would make light of it, and he said: "Asmund the Old is of good will, and wise he is; but he hath great longings for the deeds of men, when he hath tidings of battle; for a great warrior and a red-hand hewer he hath been in times past; he loves the Kindred, and deems it ill if he may not fare afield with them; for the thought of dying in the straw is hateful to him." ❋ William Morris (1865)

What wishes the warrior with the red-hand upon his shield? " ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

[Hah]! [I knew it] was you stealing [the cookies]. I caught you red handed! ❋ Markus Melarkus (2005)

[Caught red handed]! You're under arrest for [vandalism], stealing, smoking [indoors], and driving drunk! ❋ GageTheDictionaryGeek (2016)

He was [getting changed] and [lookin] the other way, so i gave him [a red] hand! ❋ The Anon (2008)

Guy 1: Bro [did that] bitch give you the red hand last night? Guy 2: [Yeah right] after I dirty [deaned] her ❋ Dasmil 1041 (2017)

"[Jose Luis] don't touch the babies while you are [red handed], [mijo]!" ❋ Greathips (2018)

My girlfriend [caught] me doing [a red] hand with her [sister]. ❋ OG S3a N0od13 (2017)

Girl: [Are you sure] you want to [do this]? Guy: Sure, I love [getting red] hands ❋ Kidjeff (2015)

1. The inmate is a red hand. He was caught while [stealing money] from the till. 2. [The red hand] was [sentenced] to life. ❋ Uttam Maharjan (2011)

[honey] [came] in and she caught red-handed [creeping with the girl next door] ❋ Metheteen (2010)

I just gave [ya] [the old] [red hand of ulster]! ❋ EnjoymentEnjoyer (2023)