guilty vs red-handed

guilty

adj
  • Having a sense of guilt. 

  • Judged to have committed a crime. 

  • Responsible for a dishonest act. 

  • Blameworthy. 

noun
  • A verdict of a judge or jury on a defendant judged to have committed a crime. 

  • A plea by a defendant who does not contest a charge. 

  • One who is declared guilty of a crime. 

red-handed

adj
  • Showing clear evidence of guilt; in the act of wrongdoing. 

  • Deadly, bloody. 

  • With hands that are red from blood. 

How often have the words guilty and red-handed occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )