Modus-operandi
[moh-duh s op-uh-ran-dee, -dahy; Latin moh-doos oh-pe-rahn-dee] /ˈmoʊ dəs ˌɒp əˈræn di, -daɪ; Latin ˈmoʊ dus ˌoʊ pɛˈrɑn di/
noun, plural modi operandi
[moh-dee op-uh-ran-dee, moh-dahy op-uh-ran-dahy; Latin moh-dee oh-pe-rahn-dee] /ˈmoʊ di ˌɒp əˈræn di, ˈmoʊ daɪ ˌɒp əˈræn daɪ; Latin ˈmoʊ di ˌoʊ pɛˈrɑn di/ (Show IPA)
1.
mode of operating or working.
/ˈməʊdəs ˌɒpəˈrændiː; -ˈrændaɪ/
noun (pl) modi operandi (ˈməʊdiː ˌɒpəˈrændiː, ˈməʊdaɪ ˌɒpəˈrændaɪ)
1.
procedure; method of operating
n.
“way of doing or accomplishing,” 1650s, Latin, literally “mode of operating” (see modus). Abbreviation m.o. is attested from 1955.
modus operandi (m.o.) [(moh-duhs op-uh-ran-dee, op-uh-ran-deye)]
The way someone does something; a characteristic method: “Her modus operandi in buying a new car always included a month of research.” This phrase, often abbreviated “m.o.,” is used by police to describe a criminal’s characteristic way of committing a crime. From Latin, meaning “method of operation.”
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