in flagrante delicto vs in the act

in flagrante delicto

adv
  • In the act of committing a misdeed. 

  • While performing sexual activity. 

in the act

prep
  • In the process of doing something considered criminal or otherwise wrong; used to emphasize the eye-witness evidence. 

How often have the words in flagrante delicto and in the act occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )