in flagrante delicto
Britishadverb
Etymology
Origin of in flagrante delicto
Latin, literally: with the crime still blazing
Example Sentences
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Bats’ nocturnal and elusive lifestyle also means scientists rarely have the chance to observe them in flagrante delicto.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 20, 2023
Its owner, May Mamarbachi, was jailed under Bashar al-Assad for forwarding a cartoon of the dictator in flagrante delicto with the prime minister of Lebanon.
From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2020
The fossils of the bugs, in flagrante delicto, were found in northeastern China.
From Washington Post • Nov. 11, 2013
Thus discovered, Longaville resorts to words uttered by many a soul surprised in flagrante delicto: “I can explain!”
From New York Times • Aug. 13, 2013
To the Colonial rebels he had diplomatically tendered the advice to surrender before being caught in flagrante delicto.
From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 by Creswicke, Louis
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