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Meaning of in the act | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

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

idiomatic

Equivalents

Dansk på fersk gerning
Deutsch auf frischer Tat
Español con las manos en la masa en el acto
Suomi itse teossa itse teossa tuoreeltaan
Français sur le fait
Nederlands op heterdaad
Polski in flagranti na gorącym uczynku na gorącym uczynku
Română prinde cu mâța în sac
Русский на ме́сте преступле́ния с поличным
Svenska på bar gärning
Tagalog huli sa akto

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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