Meaning of in the act | Babel Free
Definitions
In the process of doing something considered criminal or otherwise wrong; used to emphasize the eye-witness evidence.
idiomatic
Equivalents
Deutsch
auf frischer Tat
Suomi
itse teossa
Français
sur le fait
Nederlands
op heterdaad
Polski
na gorącym uczynku
Svenska
på bar gärning
Examples
“She denied it but she had been spotted in the act.”
“He was caught in the act in the store after hours.”
“He was caught in the act of climbing out the window.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.