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in the act

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

In the process of doing something considered criminal or otherwise wrong; used to emphasize the eye-witness evidence.

idiomatic

Equivalents

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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.
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See also

in the aggregate in the air in the altogether in the arms of Morpheus in the arms of Murphy in the article of death

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