flagrante delicto
adverb
fla·gran·te de·lic·to flə-ˌgrän-tē-di-ˈlik-(ˌ)tō 
-ˌgran-
: in flagrante delicto
Word History
First Known Use
1826, in the meaning defined above
Legal Definition
flagrante delicto
adverb or adjective
fla·gran·te de·lic·to
flə-ˈgrän-tē-də-ˈlik-tō, -ˈgran-; flä-ˈgrän-tā-dā-ˈlēk-tō
: in the very act of committing a misdeed
was caught flagrante delicto
also : in the midst of sexual activity