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in flagrante delicto adverb [ ɪn fləˌɡranteɪ dɪˈlɪktəʊ ]

• in the very act of wrongdoing, especially in an act of sexual misconduct.
• "he had been caught in flagrante with the wife of the Association's Treasurer"
Origin: Latin, ‘in the heat of the crime’ (literally ‘in blazing crime’).


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