24 May 2018
flagrante delicto
[fluh-gran-tee di-lik-toh]
adverb
1. Law. in the very act of committing the offense.
2. while having illicit relations with someone.
Also, in flagrante delicto, in flagrante.
Origin of flagrante delicto
Latin; Latin : literally, while the offense is (still) burning
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Examples from the Web for flagrante delicto
Contemporary Examples
He has a BA in home invasion from Columbia University and an MA in flagrante delicto from the Institute of Fine Arts.
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Ian Volner
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Historical Examples
“It must be in flagrante delicto, Master Simeon,” said Ford, uneasy again.
Robin Hood
Paul Creswick
Prince Eugne with his army, coming suddenly upon them, caught the Turkish army in flagrante delicto, divided by the river.
The Turkish Empire, its Growth and Decay
Lord Eversley
He was therefore most desirous to effect the capture of Coppinger at once and flagrante delicto.
In the Roar of the Sea
Sabine Baring-Gould
As a consequence Mr. Austen Leigh was despatched to watch, and, if possible, to catch the offenders in flagrante delicto.
Lord Randolph Churchill
Winston Spencer Churchill
Offending students caught in flagrante delicto he conducted to the University prison, and others he reported to the Rector.
Life in the Medieval University
Robert S. Rait, M.A.
“The lady in flagrante delicto, meseems,” rejoined the Cardinal quietly.
The Tangled Skein
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
So hot were we about it that we noted not our master coming upon us and finding us in flagrante delicto.
With the King at Oxford
Alfred J. Church
If found out, in flagrante delicto, there is a fiscal fine in cows.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 6
Various
Only one vessel had been captured in flagrante delicto after a sharp fight, and had been condemned as a lawful prize.
Sketches From My Life
Hobart Pasha
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Today’s quote
The hardest spiritual work in the world is to love the neighbor as the self – to encounter another human being not as someone you can use, change, fix, help, save, enroll, convince or control, but simply as someone who can spring you from the prison of yourself, if you will allow it.
– Barbara Brown Taylor
On this day
24 May 1930 – Amy Johnson, flying a Gypsy Moth, lands in Darwin. She is the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia.
24 May 1941 – Birth of Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman), American singer-songwriter, author and painter. One of the most influential figures in music since the 1960s, when he became a reluctant ‘voice of a generation’. Songs included ‘Blowin’ In the Wind’ and ‘The Times They Are a-Changing’, which became anthems for the civil rights movement and anti-war movement. Initially, Dylan only used an acoustic guitar. However, on 25 July 1965, Dylan performed live at the Newport Folk Festival, playing an electric guitar. Some members of the audience booed Dylan and accused him of selling out and abandoning his acoustic roots. Dylan has continued performing for five decades.
24 May 2012 – Tens of thousands of Norwegian public servants go on strike demanding pay rises and improvements in working conditions. It is the first such strike in Norway since 1984.