in flagrante delicto

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Etymology

From Medieval Latin, literally “while the crime is blazing”, from Latin in + flāgrō (“burn”) + dēlictō, form of dēlictum (“crime, misdeed”).

Adverb

in flagrante delicto (not comparable)

1. In the act of committing a misdeed.
2. While performing sexual activity.

Usage notes

Also used in abbreviated in flagrante. Particularly used of sexual activity, as in “to be caught in flagrante”.

Anglicized form in flagrant delict also appears, but is significantly less common.

Synonyms

• in flagrante (colloquial)
• in flagrant delict
• in the act
• red-handed

Derived terms

• in flagrante
• in flagrant delict

Translations

in the act of committing a misdeed

Danish: på fersk gerning (da) French: en flagrant délit (fr)

German: auf frischer Tat (de) Swedish: på bar gärning (sv), med byxorna nere (sv)

while performing sexual activity

Danish: med bukserne nede (da) German: in flagranti (de)

Swedish: med byxorna nere (sv)

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Norwegian: in flagranti (no), på fersk gjerning (no), på fersken (no)

See also

• misdeed