in flagrante delicto
adverb
in flagrante de·lic·to
ˌin-flə-ˈgrän-tē-di-ˈlik-(ˌ)tō 
-ˈgran-
1
: in the very act of committing a misdeed : red-handed
2
: in the midst of sexual activity
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Even if someone could distinguish a leaf insect from its arboreal brethren, there is an almost zero chance the insect would be in the company of its mate, let alone in flagrante delicto.
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New York Times, 1 Dec. 2020
After her phone is hacked, nude photos of her are splashed all over the Web, in flagrante delicto with a man whose cob is visibly not Cob’s.
—Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2020
Less than six months into his freshman year, Beard would be kicked out of Reed College for being caught in flagrante delicto with a professor.
—Rien Fertel, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2020
Female arthropods of some other species--including, most famously, the praying mantis--also eat their partners in flagrante delicto.
—Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010
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New York Times, 1 Dec. 2020
After her phone is hacked, nude photos of her are splashed all over the Web, in flagrante delicto with a man whose cob is visibly not Cob’s.
—Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2020
Less than six months into his freshman year, Beard would be kicked out of Reed College for being caught in flagrante delicto with a professor.
—Rien Fertel, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2020
Female arthropods of some other species--including, most famously, the praying mantis--also eat their partners in flagrante delicto.
—Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010
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