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modus operandi
[ moh-duhs op-uh-ran-dee, -dahy; Latin moh-doos oh-pe-rahn-dee ]
noun
- a mode of operating or working:
The aim of a scientist is to investigate the modus operandi of the natural world.
- one鈥檚 usual way of doing something: : MO
A criminal鈥檚 modus operandi can give the police a lead.
modus operandi
/ -藞r忙nda瑟; 藞m蓹蕣d蓹s 藢蓲p蓹藞r忙ndi藧 /
noun
- procedure; method of operating
modus operandi
- The way someone does something; a characteristic method: 鈥淗er modus operandi in buying a new car always included a month of research.鈥 This phrase , often abbreviated 鈥渕.o.,鈥 is used by police to describe a criminal's characteristic way of committing a crime. From Latin , meaning 鈥渕ethod of operation.鈥
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of modus operandi1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of modus operandi1
Example Sentences
The modus operandi of the heist could help narrow the search of suspects.
"I learnt an awful lot more about his modus operandi - and got some more insights into how he continues to not get caught," he said.
Promoting unqualified white men over qualified women and minorities isn't just the modus operandi of the Trump administration.
Trump is turning the world upside down, stomping on common sense and sowing pure chaos 鈥 admittedly, his standard modus operandi.
Those short bits at least offered the pretense of objectivity 鈥 the 鈥渇air and balanced鈥 mantra Fox News has long insisted is its modus operandi.
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