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تَلَبُّس
being caught in the act (flagrante delicto) /taˈlabbus/
nounB2#3283 most common
Also: becoming wrapped up in / imbued with something, implication in a crime, red-handed apprehension
Example sentences
قُبِضَ عَلَيْهِ في حالةِ تَلَبُّسٍ.
He was arrested in a state of flagrante delicto.
أَعْلَنَتِ الشُّرْطَةُ حالةَ تَلَبُّسٍ بَعْدَ السَّرِقَةِ.
The police declared a state of flagrante delicto after the theft.
لا يُمْكِنُ إِنْكارُ التُّهْمَةِ لأَنَّهُ كانَ في حالةِ تَلَبُّسٍ.
The charge cannot be denied, because he was caught in the act.
يَشْتَرِطُ القانونُ إِثْباتَ التَّلَبُّسِ قَبْلَ التَّوْقيفِ بِدونِ إِذْنٍ قَضائِيٍّ.
The law requires proof of flagrante delicto before detention without a judicial warrant.
أَثارَ تَلَبُّسُ المُتَّهَمِ بِالجَريمةِ جَدَلاً واسِعاً حَولَ صِحَّةِ الأَدِلَّةِ.
The suspect's being caught in the act of the crime sparked wide debate about the validity of the evidence.
تَظَلُّ مَسْأَلَةُ التَّلَبُّسِ مِن أَعْقَدِ القَضايا الإِجْرائِيَّةِ الَّتي يُثيرُها القانونُ الجِنائِيُّ الحَديثُ، إِذْ يَتَعَيَّنُ التَّمْييزُ بَينَ الضَّبْطِ الفِعْليِّ وَالاِشْتِباهِ المُجَرَّدِ.
The question of flagrante delicto remains one of the most complex procedural issues raised by modern criminal law, since actual apprehension must be distinguished from mere suspicion.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تَلَبُّسٌ | |
| Genitive | تَلَبُّسٍ | |
| Accusative | تَلَبُّساً | |
| Vocative | يا تَلَبُّسُ |
Word family
لَبِسَ (labisa)to wear, put on
لِباس (libaas)clothing, garment
مُتَلَبِّس (mutalabbis)caught in the act, red-handed
لَبْس (labs)confusion, ambiguity
تَلْبِيس (talbiis)disguising, deception
Etymology
تَلَبُّس is the verbal noun of Form V تَلَبَّسَ, built on the triliteral Semitic root ل-ب-س, which carries the basic sense of wearing or putting on clothing. Form V adds a reflexive, entering-into-a-state force, so the verb came to mean to become clothed or wrapped up in something, and by legal extension, to be caught still wrapped up in a criminal act. The modern legal sense of flagrante delicto grew out of this literal image of being caught in the very clothes of the deed.
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