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What does in flagrante delicto mean?

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Adverb
  1. In the act of committing a misdeed.
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Prince Eugne with his army, coming suddenly upon them, caught the Turkish army in flagrante delicto, divided by the river.
If found out, in flagrante delicto, there is a fiscal fine in cows.
Nevertheless, a deputy who has been taken in flagrante delicto will be freed if the Assembly so orders.
Most Leda paintings, even when in flagrante delicto, show only the swan's neck and wings.
As a consequence Mr. Austen Leigh was despatched to watch, and, if possible, to catch the offenders in flagrante delicto.
It's just that catching them in flagrante delicto might require time-lapse photography.

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