red-handed vs tardy

red-handed

adj
  • Deadly, bloody. 

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

  • With hands that are red from blood. 

tardy

noun
  • A piece of paper given to students who are late to class. 

  • An instance of a student's being marked as tardy by a teacher on the teacher's attendance sheet. 

adj
  • Ineffectual; slow-witted, slow to act, or dull. 

  • Late; overdue or delayed. 

  • Moving with a slow pace or motion; not swift. 

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