in flagrante delicto

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

• IPA^(key): /ɪn fləˌɡɹæn.teɪ dɪˈlɪk.təʊ/

in flagrante delicto (not comparable)

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

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.

• flat-footed
• in flagrante (colloquial)
• in flagrant delict
• in the act
• red-handed
• with one's dick in one's hand (vulgar, informal)
• with one's fingers in the cookie jar
• with one's hand in the cookie jar
• with one's pants down

• in flagrante
• in flagrant delict

• misdeed