in flagrante delicto

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adv.

Flagrante delicto.

[New Latin in flagrante dlict : Latin in, in; see in-² + Medieval Latin flagrante dlict, while the crime is blazing; see flagrante delicto.]

in flagrante delicto [in flag-grant-ee dee-lick-toe]

Adverb

Chiefly law while committing the offence [Latin]

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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.

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