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flagrante delicto

adverb
fla路​gran路​te de路​lic路​to | \ fl蓹-藢gr盲n-t膿-di-藞lik-(藢)t艒 How to pronounce flagrante delicto (audio) , -藢gran-\

Definition of flagrante delicto

: in flagrante delicto

First Known Use of flagrante delicto

1826, in the meaning defined above

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flagrante delicto

adverb or adjective
fla路​gran路​te de路​lic路​to | \ fl蓹-藞gr盲n-t膿-d蓹-藞lik-t艒, -藞gran-; fl盲-藞gr盲n-t膩-d膩-藞l膿k-t艒\

Legal Definition of flagrante delicto

: in the very act of committing a misdeed was caught flagrante delicto also : in the midst of sexual activity

History and Etymology for flagrante delicto

Medieval Latin, literally, while the crime is blazing

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