in flagrant delict

A form of in flagrante delicto — In the act of committing a misdeed.

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adverbin flagrant delict (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of in flagrante delicto.

    If the husband caught her in flagrant delict he was authorized to kill her; otherwise she was condemned to death or exile by him or by her own father at the tribunal of the propinqui.

    1927, E. A. Parker, transl., Rome the Law-Giver, translation of original by J. Declareuil, page 107
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