in flagrante delicto

短语

在作案现场

发音

US /ɪn fləˌɡɹæn.teɪ dɪˈlɪk.təʊ/

别名

flagrante delicto in flagrante in flagrant delict in flagranti delicto

释义与例句

adv.
  1. 1.

    In the act of committing a misdeed.

  2. 2.

    While performing sexual activity.

词源

Unadapted borrowing from Medieval Latin in flagrante delicto (literally “while the crime is blazing”), from in + flāgrō (“burn”) + dēlictō, form of dēlīctum (“crime, misdeed”).

来源：wiktionary