in flagrante delicto

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• /ɪn fləˌɡɹæn.teɪ dɪˈlɪk.təʊ/
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Unadapted borrowing from Medieval Latin in flagrante delicto (literally “while the crime is blazing”), from in + flāgrō (“burn”) + dēlictō, form of dēlīctum (“crime, misdeed”).

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُتَلَبِّسًا (mutalabbisan) — in the act of committing a misdeed
• Bulgarian: на местопрестъплението (na mestoprestǎplenieto) — in the act of committing a misdeed
• Danish: på fersk gerning — in the act of committing a misdeed
• French: en flagrant délit — in the act of committing a misdeed
• German: auf frischer Tat — in the act of committing a misdeed
• German: in flagranti — in the act of committing a misdeed
• Italian: in flagranza di reato — in the act of committing a misdeed
• Portuguese: batom na cueca — in the act of committing a misdeed
• Russian: на ме́сте преступле́ния (na méste prestuplénija) — in the act of committing a misdeed
• Russian: с поли́чным (s políčnym) — in the act of committing a misdeed
• Swedish: på bar gärning — in the act of committing a misdeed
• Swedish: med byxorna nere — in the act of committing a misdeed
• Bulgarian: на клъп (na klǎp) — while performing sexual activity
• Danish: med bukserne nede — while performing sexual activity
• German: in flagranti — while performing sexual activity
• Portuguese: pego de calças curtas — while performing sexual activity
• Swedish: med byxorna nere — while performing sexual activity