red hand
Evidence of guilt
Red hand refers to a hand depicted as crimson or bloody, most recognizably in the Red Hand of Ulster—a heraldic symbol showing a right hand with fingers pointing upward, palm forward.
This emblem appears on flags, coats of arms, and insignia associated with Northern Ireland and Irish provinces.
The phrase caught red-handed means discovered in the act of wrongdoing, as if with blood still on one's hands.
- bloodyGore-covered or British curse
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- guilty conscienceSelf-blame for wrongdoing
- caughtSeized or grabbed
- UlsterIrish northern province
palm · crimson · stain · symbol · evidence · crime scene · murder · fingerprint · flagrant · Irish · loyalist · secret society · oath · sworn oath · pledge · violence · mark · smear
- Baronetcybaronetcy, hereditary title, baronetage
- Ulster Loyalismloyalism, unionism, Ulster, William of Orange, no surrender
red handinnocence
Freedom from wrongdoing
clean hands · blamelessness · guiltlessness · exoneration · acquittal
red handalibi
Defense of location
exculpatory evidence · plausible deniability · reasonable doubt · lack of evidence · benefit of the doubt
red, hand, reds, redden, reddish, redness, redder, reddest, hands