In flagrante delicto (), is used to refer to citizen's arrest, and is listed under Section 213 of the Code of Criminal Procedure as such. Aside from the legal meaning, the Latin term is often used colloquially as a dysphemism for someone's being caught in the midst of sexual activity. In flagrante delicto In flagrante delicto (Latin: "in blazing offence"), or simply in flagrante, a legal term, indicates that a criminal has been caught in the act of committing an offence (compare ). The colloquial "caught " or "caught rapid" are English equivalents. The phrase combines the present active participle "flagrāns" (flaming or
Accessory (legal term) same liability as principals. It is now possible to be convicted as an accessory before the fact even though the principal has not been convicted or (in most jurisdictions) even if the principal was acquitted at an earlier trial. However, modern U.S. jurisdictions punish accessories after the fact for a separate criminal offense distinct from the underlying crime and having a different (and less severe) punishment. Some states still use the term "accessory after the fact"; others no longer use the term, but have comparable laws against hindering apprehension or prosecution, obstruction of justice, tampering with evidence, harboring a felon,