单词 | to be taken red-hand |
释义 | > as lemmasto be taken red-hand 1. Scottish (originally Law). In predicative use. Originally: †(of a crime) that has been committed so recently that the perpetrator still bears clear evidence of its commission (obsolete). Later: (of a person) that is in the act of committing a crime; that is still bearing evidence of having just committed a crime; = red-handed adj. 1a. Chiefly in to be taken red-hand. Now rare.Common in the 16th cent. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > guilt > [adjective] > and caught in the act red-handc1430 deprehended1655 red-handed1819 society > morality > moral evil > guilt > [adjective] > with clear evidence of guilt red-handc1430 red-handed1819 society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [verb (transitive)] > catch in the act to be taken red-handc1430 society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [adjective] > violating the law > committing an offence > in the act of red-handc1430 red-handed1819 society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [verb (intransitive)] > be arrested > be caught in the act to be taken red-hand1535 to be caught (also taken) red-handed1819 c1430 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1844) I. 375/1 De recenti crimine quod dicitur redhand. 1432 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1432/3/2 Gif he may be ouretakyn he salbe put in sikkir festines quhil the law be done on hym..Ande be it red hand it salbe done within that sone. 1508 in M. Livingstone Reg. Secreti Sigilli Regum Scotorum (1908) I. 234/1 Trespassouris and thevis..that beis apprehendit within the samyn that ar tane redehand. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 274 That samin carle..Come the thrid nycht,..To steill the irnes, and wes tane reid hand. 1580–1 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. 1st Ser. III. 346 The said justice and warden sall tak na mannis tennent or servand for executing of justice upoun him, except he be tane reid~hand. 1618 in W. Cramond Rec. Elgin (1903) I. 236 The said Thomas Grant wes tane flagranti crimine and reid hand. 1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. i. 136 If he be not taken red hand, the Sheriff cannot proceed against him. 1700 in Hector Judic. Recs. Renfrewsh. (1876) 188 Taken red hand with soume small goods a little from the house. 1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. ii. iv. §4 The case where the murderer is seized red-hand or in the act. 1860 C. Innes Scotl. in Middle Ages vi. 182 The murderer taken red-hand..was ‘justified’..without any unnecessary or inconvenient delays of process. 1881 L. B. Walford Dick Netherby vii We'll tak' the hoos i' the flank, an' catch the twa o' them reid-hand. 1929 Jrnl. Amer. Inst. Criminal Law & Criminol. 19 542 The offender was taken ‘red-hand’. < as lemmas |
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