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
Crime family Crime family A crime family is a unit of an organized crime syndicate, particularly the Mafia (both in Sicily and in the United States), often operating within a specific geographic territory. In its strictest sense, a "family" (or "clan") is a criminal gang, operating either on a unitary basis or as an organized collection of smaller gangs (e.g., "cells", "factions", "crews", etc.). In turn, a family can be a sole "enterprise", or part of a larger syndicate or cartel. The origins of the term come from the Sicilian Mafia. In the Sicilian language, the word "cosca", which literally translates into