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  What it means

  From Latin “in flagrante delicto” — caught in the act, red-handed. Used in Polish exactly as in English: to describe someone caught doing something wrong at the very moment of doing it.

  Vocabulary

  • in flagranti — in the act, red-handed (Latin)

  Cultural context

  A Latin borrowing used across European languages. In Polish it's fully integrated into everyday speech, not just legal contexts.

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