in flagrante delicto
/ɪn fləˌɡranteɪ dɪˈlɪktəʊ
/(also informal in flagrante)
adverb
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...
- The photo at left is me, in flagrante delicto.
- Peter is so convincing that even if he were caught in flagrante he would have a perfectly plausible explanation.
Origin
Latin, 'in the heat of the crime' (literally 'in blazing crime').
- apron stage
- a prophet is not without honour save in his own country
- apropos
- apropos of nothing
- après-
- après moi le déluge
- après nous le déluge
- après-ski
- après-skiing
- apsara
- apsaras
- apse
- A & P Show
- apsidal
- apsis
- apt
- apt.
- apterous
- Apterygota
- apterygote
- apterygotous
- aptitude
- aptitude test
- aptly
- aptness