- caught in flagrante
- discovered while committing a crime
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
caught in flagrante
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flagrante delicto — fla·gran·te de·lic·to /flə grän tē də lik tō, gran ; flä grän tā dā lēk tō/ adv or adj [Medieval Latin, literally, while the crime is blazing]: in the very act of committing a misdeed was caught flagrante delicto; also: in the midst of sexual… … Law dictionary
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flagrante delicto — flə|grantēdə̇ˈlik(ˌ)tō, flā| adverb Etymology: Medieval Latin, literally, while the crime is blazing : in the very act of committing a misdeed caught the thief flagrante delicto sometimes used substantively * * * /fleuh gran tee di lik toh/, Law … Useful english dictionary
flagrante delicto — /fləˌgrænti dəˈlɪktoʊ/ (say fluh.grantee duh liktoh) adverb Law in the very act: to be caught flagrante delicto. {Latin: the transgression blazing} …
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In flagrante delicto — (Latin: in the blazing [progressing] offence [misdeed] ) or sometimes simply in flagrante (Latin: while blazing [during] ) is a legal term used to indicate that a criminal has been caught in the act of committing an offence (compare corpus… … Wikipedia
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in flagrante delicto — adv: flagrante delicto Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. in flagrante delicto … Law dictionary
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