in flagrante

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in flagrante (delicto) (humorous)

if someone is discovered in flagrante delicto, they are discovered doing something wrong, especially having sex with someone who is not their husband or wife She came home to catch her husband in flagrante delicto with the next-door neighbour.

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D'Artagnan proposed to himself to take them by surprise in flagrante delicto of wandering life, and to judge by the first appearance if he could count on them as trusty companions. Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context More results

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