noun, takes する, transitive verb

  1. in flagrante delicto arrest, arrest of someone in the act of committing a crime.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
現行犯逮捕 げんこうはんたいほ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

present, existing, actual
ゲン あらわ.れる うつ.つ (5th, N3)
king, rule, magnate
オウ -ノウ おお (1st, N3)
see, hopes, chances
み.る ケン (1st, N5)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)
going, journey, carry out
い.く コウ おこな.う (2nd, N5)
stop, linger, loiter
テキ たたず.む (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
human radical (no. 9)
to take small steps, Korean place name
チョク たたず.む
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
street, ward, town
チョウ テイ チン (3rd, N1)
crime, sin, offense
ハン おか.す ボン (5th, N3)
dog, (犬 variant)
seal
apprehend, chase
タイ (Late Jr. High, N1)
extend, give, cast
タイ (Kentei 1)
snout, hand
water radical variant (no. 85)
スイ
walk, road, (辵 variant, one dot jōyō form)
catch, capture
つか.まえる ホ と.らえる (Early Jr. High, N3)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
for the first time, not until
ホ フ はじ.めて (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)