in the act
prep_phraseDefinitions
In the process of doing something considered criminal or otherwise wrong
In the process of doing something considered criminal or otherwise wrong; used to emphasize the eye-witness evidence.
- She denied it but she had been spotted in the act.
- He was caught in the act in the store after hours.
- He was caught in the act of climbing out the window.
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