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in flagrante delicto
in flagrante delicto definition
in fla·grante de·licto (in flə gran′tē dē lik′tō′)
- in the very act of committing the offense; red-handed
- while engaged in sexual activity, often, specif., illicit or perverse sexual activityalso in flagrante
Etymology: L, lit., during the blazing of the crime
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