modus operandi

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈməʊ.dʌs ˌɒp.ə.ɹæn.daɪ/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐʉ.dɘs ˌɔp.ɘ.ɹɛn.dɒe/, /ˈmɐʉ.dɘs ˌɔp.ɘ.ɹɛn.di/

modus operandi (plural modi operandi or modus operandis)

1. (colloquial) A person or thing's normal mode of operation.
   • 2001, Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl, pages 92-93:

     Failing that, if contact was absolutely necessary, a series of thumb jabs to the nerve cluster at the base of the neck would be his chosen modus operandi—quiet as a whisper.

2. (law enforcement) 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.

• MO

From English modus operandi, borrowed from Latin modus operandī.

• Hyphenation: mo‧dus‧o‧pe‧ran‧di

modus operandi

1. (law enforcement) a modus operandi
2. a person or thing's normal mode of operation

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:modus operandi.

Borrowed from Latin modus operandī.

modus operandi

1. modus operandi

modus operandi m (plural modus operandi or modi operandi)

1. modus operandi (method of operation)

Borrowed from Latin modus operandī (literally “manner or method of working”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ðus o.peˈɾan.di/

modus operandi m (plural modus operandi)

1. modus operandi

• modus vivendi