現げん行こう犯はん

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Meanings

noun

flagrante delicto; caught red-handed

Refers to being caught in the act of committing a crime. Often used in legal or news contexts, but also in everyday speech for being caught doing something wrong.

彼かれは万まん引びきをしているところを現げん行こう犯はんで逮たい捕ほされた。
He was arrested red-handed for shoplifting.
現げん行こう犯はんでなければ逮たい捕ほできない場ば合あいもある。
In some cases, you can't make an arrest unless it's flagrante delicto.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉を現げん行こう犯はんで逮たい捕ほするto arrest someone for a crime committed in the act
警けい察さつは男おとこを現げん行こう犯はんで逮たい捕ほした。
The police arrested the man in the act of committing the crime.
現げん行こう犯はんで捕つかまるto be caught red-handed
泥どろ棒ぼうは現げん行こう犯はんで捕つかまった。
The thief was caught red-handed.