in flagrante

in flagrante (delicto)

In the act of committing a crime, misdeed, or immoral act, especially having sex with someone other than one's spouse. I heard that he was fired after being caught in flagrante delicto with the new intern.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

in flaˈgrante (delicto)

(from Latin, literary or humorous) if somebody is found or caught in flagrante, they are discovered doing something that they should not be doing, especially having sex: One of the gentlemen was caught in flagrante with the wife of the club’s President, which of course caused a huge scandal.
The meaning of the Latin phrase is ‘in the heat (of the crime)’.
See also: flagrante
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • delicto
  • flagrante
  • in flagrante (delicto)
  • blow job
  • keep up an act
  • keep up the act
  • act (up)on (something)
  • act on
  • acting
  • keep the act up
References in periodicals archive
That is why there is only one short text in In Flagrante Two: 'The photographs date from 1973 to 1985 when the prime ministers were: Edward Heath, Conservative (1970-1974), Harold Wilson, Labour (1974-1976), James Callaghan, Labour (1976-1979), Margaret Thatcher, Conservative (1979-1990).' Youth on Wall, Jarrow, Tyneside [Fig.
The highlight of Kalb's book is his careful dissection of one of the scandal's great non-stories: the allegation that a White House staffer--perhaps a Secret Service agent--had happened upon Clinton and Lewinsky in flagrante in the Oval Office.
(When the big chief and a group of visiting Japanese industrialists catch the pair in flagrante delicto, the boss explains that they are "testers" for the company's condom products.)
Famed mobster Meyer Lansky obtained photos of Hoover and Tolson in flagrante delicto and held these over the director's head, threatening exposure should Hoover seek to meddle in Lansky's rackets.
The Internal Security Forces said Thursday three men were apprehended in flagrante delicto while trying to convince a victim they had U.S.
I've always said patriotic punters are mugs and those who made the New England Patriots one of the hottest favourites in Hyper Bowl history were looking sicker yesterday than Ashley Cole in flagrante delicto, his local Italian restaurant.
But sex definitely is as The Tudors sets out to do for merrie olde England what Rome did for Italy with plenty of in flagrante delicto (as they say) to spice up the boring talk of international treaties.
Another satisfied customer!" Sonny purred on the phone when he was caught in flagrante.
WE'VE seen her in flagrante on a pool table in Footballers' Wives - now that naughty Gillian Taylforth is at it again.
Studio moguls are hard-headed ruthless tycoons who wouldn't care if their "talent" was caught in flagrante delicto with King Kong, so long as they put bums on seats.
Selected so often by Sven Goran Eriksson that you'd swear he had incriminating photos of the Swede in flagrante with a bit of fluff, Hargreaves seems at last to have slipped out of the reckoning.
FORMER Hear'Say star Suzanne Shaw, pictured, has dumped her fiance after being caught in flagrante delicto with Darren Day, with whom she's appearing in the stage show Summer Holiday.
It would seem the Press just didn't take into account the feelings of those close to him in their reporting of the distasteful incident in which he was caught "in flagrante delicto" with Divine Brown.