in flagrante delicto

/ (ɪn fləˈɡræntɪ dɪˈlɪktəʊ) /


adverb
  1. mainly law while committing the offence; red-handed: Also: flagrante delicto

Origin of in flagrante delicto

1
Latin, literally: with the crime still blazing

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