Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
flagrant délit
English translation:
in the act
Added to glossary by
Marylin Laurent (X)
Nov 24, 2003 18:46
21 yrs ago
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French term
Marylin Laurent (X)
flagrant délit
French to English
Law/Patents
legal
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +8 | flagrante delicto / in the act /in flagrant delict |
Emmanouil Tyrakis
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| 5 +1 | All right, Guv'na |
Bourth (X)
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| 3 +2 | red handed |
Kpy
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| 5 | caught in the act |
zaphod
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| 3 +1 | flagrant offence |
GILLES MEUNIER
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| 4 | in the action |
Abdellatif Bouhid
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| 4 | the smoking gun |
sarahl (X)
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Proposed translations
+8
2 mins
Emmanouil Tyrakis
Native in: Greek 
Works in: French to Greek, English to Greek, Greek to English, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
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76
French term (edited):
flagrant d�lit
Selected
flagrante delicto / in the act /in flagrant delict
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Note added at 4 mins (2003-11-24 18:51:15 GMT)
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www.bartleby.com/61/8/F0160800.html
dictionary.reference.com/search?q=flagrante+delicto
www.lectlaw.com/def/f120.htm
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Note added at 6 mins (2003-11-24 18:52:42 GMT)
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Le Robert & Collins: In flagrante delicto
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Note added at 4 mins (2003-11-24 18:51:15 GMT)
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www.bartleby.com/61/8/F0160800.html
dictionary.reference.com/search?q=flagrante+delicto
www.lectlaw.com/def/f120.htm
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Note added at 6 mins (2003-11-24 18:52:42 GMT)
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Le Robert & Collins: In flagrante delicto
Peer comment(s):
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Giulia Barontini
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Merci
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Parrot
: http://www.bartleby.com/61/5/I0130550.html
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Merci
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Rod Nelson
42 mins
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Merci
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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
: Go for the Latin one for a UK context.
52 mins
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Merci
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Simon Charass
1 hr
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Merci
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Sarah Walls
4 hrs
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Merci
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sktrans
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Merci
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Enel Diamond (X)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thanks"
+1
1 min
flagrant offence
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Note added at 2003-11-24 19:29:04 (GMT)
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... A flagrant offence is similar but stronger, implying a deliberate flouting of a
law or code of behaviour: The judge\'s verdict was thought to be a flagrant ...
www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/dictionaries/ english/data/d0081659.html - 27k - 23 nov 2003
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Note added at 2003-11-24 19:29:04 (GMT)
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... A flagrant offence is similar but stronger, implying a deliberate flouting of a
law or code of behaviour: The judge\'s verdict was thought to be a flagrant ...
www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/dictionaries/ english/data/d0081659.html - 27k - 23 nov 2003
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
NancyLynn
: that's what Termium says
2 mins
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| neutral |
Nikki Scott-Despaigne
: Potentially too ambiguous for UK. It cld be misread as simply describing teh fact that it is patently obvious that an offence has been committed, rather than describing what it actually means, that the person was caught in the process of comm. the offence
55 mins
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2 mins
red handed
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Note added at 2003-11-24 18:52:04 (GMT)
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should be red-handed.
Colloquial English, otherwise, in the act.
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Note added at 2003-11-24 18:52:04 (GMT)
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should be red-handed.
Colloquial English, otherwise, in the act.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Jonathan MacKerron
: "with pants down" as it were...
3 hrs
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| agree |
eirinn
: pris en flagrant délit = caught red handed. It would help to have a whole sentence, though
3 hrs
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13 mins
All right, Guv'na
it's a fair cop, you caught me red-handed, you did, got me in the act; if I was an edjercated man and spoke Latin, like, I'd say you'd nabbed me in flagrente dilecto.
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Otherwise, used as a noun, it is the act of catching someone in the act, abbreviated to \"un flag\" in the best TV police series.
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Note added at 2003-11-24 19:02:02 (GMT)
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Otherwise, used as a noun, it is the act of catching someone in the act, abbreviated to \"un flag\" in the best TV police series.
Peer comment(s):
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sarahl (X)
: un flag is really a speedy legal procedure, made possible because the cops caught you red-handed, with your pants down and a smoking gun in your hand.
7 hrs
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15 mins
Abdellatif Bouhid
Native in French
Respect for the Words
Native in: Arabic , French
Works in: English to French, Arabic to French, French to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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390
French term (edited):
flagrant d�lit
in the action
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42 mins
the smoking gun
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1 hr
caught in the act
literally, and legally
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