Meaning

2 senses

  1. (colloquial)A person or thing's normal mode of operation.

    Modus Operandi

  2. A known criminal's established habits and mode of work when committing specific offences, especially fraud, matched with characteristics of an unsolved crime to narrow down (limit to a specific list) or profile suspects.

    Modus Operandi

More definitions
  • an unvarying or habitual method or procedure

Examples

2 sentences

  1. We have the same intentions, but not the same modus operandi.

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  2. That is her modus operandi.

    deDas ist ihr Modus Operandi.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
person or thing's method of operation:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin modus operandī, from modus (“manner, method”) and operandī (“of workin

Borrowed from Latin modus operandī, from modus (“manner, method”) and operandī (“of working”).

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Forms

plural: modi operandi / modus operandis

Synonyms

2 synonyms
MO
Close in meaning
  • an unvarying or habitual method or procedure:routine

Word family

1 related words
Relatedmodus procedendi

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
modulatemodulemodulomoistmoisten
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