in flagrante

adverb

in fla·gran·te ˌin-flə-ˈgrän-tē

-ˈgran-

: in flagrante delicto

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Every time two individuals meet in flagrante, their chromosomes are joined, shuffled and re-dealt to the next generation. —

Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 29 Jan. 2010 And yes, Kourtney and Travis have been caught in flagrante outside their home. —

Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 16 Dec. 2022 One of the many allegations of adultery in the trial led, famously, to the admission of a photo of the duchess in flagrante with another man. —

Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Nov. 2022 In Davies’s hands, Sanditon gets skinny-dipping scenes and couples caught in flagrante. —

Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2020 Half-nude, with dark eyes that seem to follow the observer, the Spartan queen is shown in flagrante with Jupiter disguised as a swan. —

Chiara Goia, Smithsonian, 21 Aug. 2019 Dani discovers Christian in flagrante and finally lets out her howling grief, surrounded by a half-dozen girls who match her keening with their own. —

Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 3 July 2019 Not about some paparazzi snap of the girl in flagrante. —

refinery29.com, 30 Apr. 2018 At the end of the act, Marke returns to catch the lovers in flagrante and decries Tristan’s betrayal in his own moving monologue. —

Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2018 See More

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