in flagrante delicto
Example Sentences
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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
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
Even when they involve 14-foot tiger sharks preserved in formaldehyde or pictures of Jeff Koons in flagrante delicto, commercial art gallery exhibitions in New York don’t often draw capacity crowds.
From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2011
There, almost on the instant, Jago had taken him in flagrante delicto, and, having an impediment in his speech, had used no words but collared him.
From The Mayor of Troy by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
