Flagrante delicto
Posted by R. Berg on May 02, 2001
In Reply to: Flagrant posted by Roger Davis on May 02, 2001
: I think there is a phrase something like "en flagrante" meaning "in the flagrant act".
: Can someone confirm this, or correct me?
From the American Heritage Dictionary: "flagrante delicto. Red-handed; in the very act. Used in the phrase "in flagrante (delicto)." [Medieval Latin, "while the crime is blazing."]