Meaning of flagrante delicto | Babel Free
fləˌɡɹæn.teɪ dɪˈlɪk.təʊDefinitions
En flagrant délit.
Equivalents
Français
flagrante delicto
日本語
現行犯
Examples
“But there was still a pretty show⟳. A thief's hand struck off flagrante delicto; a murdered woman's hair; the Abbot's axe, and other tools of crime.”
“And just then there came a knock⟳ and a scurrying; the police, so lamentably absent from the Calton Hill, appeared upon the scene; and the party, taken flagrante delicto, with their glasses at their elbow, were seized, marched up to the police office, and all duly summoned to appear⟳ as witnesses in the consequent case against that arch-shebeener, Colette.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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