in the act

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   while you are doing sth

   Ever since then, Internal Affairs have been waiting to catch them in the act.

   Virgil Starkwell is apprehended in the act of bank robbery.

In the movies · 9

• but that she got a good look at the boy in the act of stabbing his father.12 Angry Men1957
• and in the act breaks, you'll hear from cast members,A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote2020
• Virgil Starkwell is apprehended in the act of bank robbery.Take the Money and Run1969
• Caught in the act.Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets2002
• Catching Santa in the act?The Christmas Chronicles2018
• Ever since then, Internal Affairs have been waiting to catch them in the act.The Usual Suspects1995
• It'll play better if it seems like I'm catching you in the act.The Perfect Date2019
• It's an act of cruelty.Me and Earl and the Dying Girl2015

Learn it in full scenes

• 12 Angry Men1957
  • Jurors Gather in the Jury Room
  • Juror 8 Votes Not Guilty
  • The Jurors Go Around the Table

From the same entry

• act of God
• be in on the act
• do, perform, stage a disappearing act
• get your act together
• a hard act to follow
• clean up your act
• read the Riot Act
• be your age
• act the fool
• behave as if you own the place
• act for behalf of
• act on