| Word | in flagrante delicto |
|---|---|
| Definition | adv. In the act of wrongdoing (esp. sexual). Lit., "in blazing crime." |
| Sentence | Embedded in this travel tale was a short but brilliant song about a sex scandal on Olympus—Ares and Aphrodite caught in flagrante delicto by her irate husband, Hephaestus. |
| Source | The Odyssey, introduction, p. 9 |
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