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Definition of in flagrante adverb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

in flagrante

adverb

NAmE//ˌɪn fləˈɡrɑnti//

(also in flagrante delicto

NAmE//ˌɪn fləˌɡrɑnti dəˈlɪktoʊ//

) (from Latin) (literary or humorous)

if someone is found or caught in flagrante, they are discovered doing something that they should not be doing, especially having sex

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