1) Latin phrase 2) Mode of operating or working 3) The way a criminal works 4) Way of working
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(mode-us ah-purr-and-ee or ah-purr-and-eye) n. from Latin, a criminal investigation term for "way of operating," which may prove the accused has a pattern of repeating the same criminal acts using the same method. Examples: a repeat offender always wore a blue ski mask and used a sawed-off shotgun, climbed up trellises to burglarize, pretended to b...
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Modus operandi (plural modi operandi) is a Latin phrase, approximately translated as `method of operation`. The term is used to describe someone`s habits of working, particularly in the context of business or criminal investigations. In English, it is often shortened to M.O. The expression is often used in police work when discussing a crime an......
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in criminology, distinct pattern or manner of working that comes to be associated with a particular criminal. Criminologists have observed that, ... [1 related articles]
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(n) Modus Operandi is the pattern in which an action or operation is executed by a person or entity as a matter of habits, traits or procedures. Modus operandi of crime or activity helps to identify the culprit or the person behind such crime or activity as most of the individuals have their own way of doing things. The Latin Word (mode-us ah-purr-...
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Way of operating. A term often used in police work, abreviated "m.o.", refering to the particular way a certain criminal performs his criminal act.
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Modus operandi is Latin for The way of working
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modus operandi; M.O. Method or way of working. Method of proceeding with a task. Characteristic manner of operation or procedure; as with a criminal who uses a unique modus operandi (M.O.) and can thus be identified because of his special way of committing his criminal activities. This phrase is not restricted to police use. It refers to any work...
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method or process for a task or activity/service
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mode of operating or working.
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