redhanded
/ɹˈɛdhˌændɪd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.24 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "Never seen 'im but onct—mought be a redhanded 'sass'n—ur a thief—ur—ur—ur anythin'!"
- "...the prosecuting attorney referred to the defendant as a “murderer” in one instance, and in another as a “redhanded murderer.”"
- "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."
Inflected Forms
more redhanded (comparative)
most redhanded (superlative)