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in flagrante delicto Definition


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in flagrante delicto
adverb
    1. originally & especially law.
      In the very act of committing a crime; red-handed.
    2. colloq, often jocular
      Said of someone's spouse or partner: in the act of committing adulterous sexual intercourse. Sometimes shortened to in flagrante.
Etymology: 18c: Latin, literally ‘with the crime blazing'.



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