in broad daylight

idiom

: during the day when people and things can be easily seen rather than at night
The crime was committed in broad daylight.

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In a midday attack that has rattled a Bronx neighborhood, a 50-year-old career criminal with 19 prior arrests allegedly attempted to rape a 70-year-old woman in broad daylight—only to reportedly be tracked down and beaten by outraged local residents the next day. — Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2025 Both of these shootings occurred in broad daylight. — Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2025 Tanzi was on death row for more than two decades for the 2000 murder of 49-year-old Janet Acosta, who was attacked in broad daylight on her lunch break, kidnapped, raped and strangled. — Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025 She was whisked off the street in broad daylight by authorities in masks and plain clothes — and then to be detained and transferred with no charges is a major ramp-up of the Trump administration’s deportation efforts. — Cate Martel, The Hill, 27 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for in broad daylight

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