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In the process of doing something considered criminal or otherwise wrong; used to emphasize the eye-witness evidence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- She denied it but she had been spotted in the act.
- He was caught in the act in the store after hours.
- He was caught in the act of climbing out the window.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
現行 /现行
(xiànxíng)
— in the process of doing something
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Danish:
på fersk gerning
— in the process of doing something
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Dutch:
op heterdaad
— in the process of doing something
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Finnish:
itse teossa
— in the process of doing something
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French:
sur le fait
— in the process of doing something
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German:
auf frischer Tat
— in the process of doing something
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Norwegian:
på fersk gjerning
— in the process of doing something
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Polish:
na gorącym uczynku
— in the process of doing something
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Romanian:
prinde cu mâța în sac
— in the process of doing something
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Russian:
на ме́сте преступле́ния
(na méste prestuplénija)
— in the process of doing something
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Russian:
с поли́чным
(s políčnym)
— in the process of doing something
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Spanish:
con las manos en la masa
— in the process of doing something
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Spanish:
en el acto
— in the process of doing something
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Swedish:
på bar gärning
— in the process of doing something
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Tagalog:
huli sa akto
— in the process of doing something
