Guilty
Guilty adjective - Responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act.
Usage example: guilty of murder
Red-handed and guilty are semantically related In some cases you can use "Red-handed" instead an adjective "Guilty".
Red-handed
Red-handed adjective - In the act of committing a crime or other reprehensible act.
Usage example: caught red-handed
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Synonyms for Red-handed
Guilty and red-handed are semantically related in caught in the act topic. You can use "Guilty" instead an adjective phrase "Red-handed".
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Related pairs
- wrong and guilty
- wrong and red-handed
- caught and guilty
- caught and red-handed
- derelict and guilty
- derelict and red-handed
- faulty and guilty
- faulty and red-handed
- criminal and guilty
- criminal and red-handed
- delinquent and guilty
- delinquent and red-handed
- reprehensible and guilty
- reprehensible and red-handed
Both words in one sentence
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He's then acquitted, despite being caught red-handed, offering literally no evidence in his favour, not even bothering to have a lawyer and actually admitting he was guilty!
Source: Series / Sherlock - He's so confident in this approach that he instructs his lawyer to offer no defense, which ought to result in an all-but-automatic guilty verdict, especially given that he was caught red-handed (all part of his plan).
Source: Jury and Witness Tampering
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