in flagrante delicto


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
in flagrante delicto /ɪn fləˌgranteɪ dɪˈlɪktəʊ, fləˌgranti/
adverb in the very act of wrongdoing, especially in an act of sexual misconduct.
– origin L., ‘in the heat of the crime’ (lit. ‘in blazing crime’).
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