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flagrante delicto

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fla·gran·te de·lic·to  (fl-grnt d-lkt)
adv.
1. In the very act of committing an offense; red-handed.
2. In the act of having sex.
[Medieval Latin flagrante dlict, while the crime is blazing : flagrante, ablative of flagrns, blazing + dlict, ablative of dlictum, offense.]
flagrante delicto [fləˈgræntɪ dɪˈlɪktəʊ]
adv
(Law) See in flagrante delicto


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And just then there came a knock and a scurrying; the police, so lamentably absent from the Calton Hill, appeared upon the scene; and the party, taken FLAGRANTE DELICTO, with their glasses at their elbow, were seized, marched up to the police office, and all duly summoned to appear as witnesses in the consequent case against that arch-shebeener, Colette.
Tales and Fantasies by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
D'Artagnan proposed to himself to take them by surprise in flagrante delicto of wandering life, and to judge by the first appearance if he could count on them as trusty companions.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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