in flagrante delicto

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Bats’ nocturnal and elusive lifestyle also means scientists rarely have the chance to observe them in flagrante delicto.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 20, 2023

Its owner, May Mamarbachi, was jailed under Bashar al-Assad for forwarding a cartoon of the dictator in flagrante delicto with the prime minister of Lebanon.

From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2020

The fossils of the bugs, in flagrante delicto, were found in northeastern China.

From Washington Post • Nov. 11, 2013

Thus discovered, Longaville resorts to words uttered by many a soul surprised in flagrante delicto: “I can explain!”

From New York Times • Aug. 13, 2013

The capital itself, too, contains practically a mass of detectives, who keep spying on everybody and one another, always ready to report the evil-doing of others, and often being caught in flagrante delicto themselves.

From Corea or Cho-sen The Land of the Morning Calm by Landor, Arnold Henry Savage