Modus Operandi definition: Latin: method of operation. Used by law enforcement officials to refer to a criminal's preferred method of committing crime.
Modus Operandi (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: Latin: method of operation. Used by law enforcement officials to refer to a criminal's preferred method of committing crime. Moiety: Half of something. For example, it can be said that joint tenants hold a moiety in property.
modus operandi (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.
Modus operandi Latin: method of operation. Refers to a criminal's preferred method of committing crime and can be a basis for including a specific criminal in a list of suspects.
Modus operandi Definition - Noun [New Latin, manner of operating] : a distinct pattern or method of operation esp. that indicates or suggests the work of a single criminal in more than one crime ...
Abbreviation for "modus operandi" which is Latin meaning "method of operation." The pattern of behavior that is typical of how a particular offender commits a specific type of crime. Moot: ...
See also: State, Action, Crime, Omission, Lawyer
 
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