English-German translations for in the act

• auf frischer Tat
  Die ganze Sache steht und fällt natürlich mit den Kontrollen und der Art und Weise, in der wir Verschmutzer auf frischer Tat ertappen. Everything hinges, of course, on inspections and on the way in which we catch the polluters in the act.

Definition of in the act

• In the process of doing something considered criminal or otherwise wrong;

Synonyms

• red-handed
• in flagrante delicto

Examples

• 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.

Related words

• in the abstract
• catch in the act/red-handed
• catch in the act
• get caught right in the act of offense
• catch sb in the act
• the act or an instance of
• doctrine of underlying assumptions of the contract
• putting the yarn out of action
• get in on the act