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
The Blazing World question society’s conceptions while discussing topics that were considered in her era best left to male minds, allows her to escape into an exceptional gender-neutral discussion of said topics, creating what Pohl labels, "a truly emancipatory poetic space." Northeastern University professor Marina Leslie remarks that readers have noted that "The Blazing World" serves as a departure from the habitually male dominated field of utopian writing. While some readers and critics may interpret Cavendish's work as being restricted by these characteristics of the genre of utopia, Leslie suggests approaching interpretations of the work while remembering Cavendish as one of the first,