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4 | if the suspect is present |
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3 | if (the suspect is) caught red-handed |
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if the suspect is present Explanation: You suggest "in flagrante delicto" as one possible translation. I don't think that's appropriate here, but it's the right idea. If they've run off, you obviously can't arrest them. |
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if (the suspect is) caught red-handed Explanation: or: in flagrante (delicto) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 5 hrs (2020-09-29 03:16:10 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- aprehender **en caso de flagrancia** indicates that the suspect is definitely on the scene -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day 5 hrs (2020-09-30 03:04:23 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- in flagrante delicto = in the very act of wrongdoing, especially in an act of sexual misconduct. "he had been caught in flagrante with the wife of the Association's Treasurer" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day 5 hrs (2020-09-30 03:05:08 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- not just sexual misconduct... |
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Reference: similar post Reference information: caught in the act of breaking the law/in violation of the law / in contravention of the law/in flagrante delicto/in breaching the law |
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Reference: see Reference information: parliamentary immunity in the member states of the european ...aei.pitt.edu › ... except for cases of flagrante delicto - done as part of or outside the exercising of ... In the case of flagrante delicto or if the member of Parliament has been the ... by M Crespo Allen - 1993 |
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