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Modus operandi

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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.
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See also: State, Action, Crime, Omission, Lawyer

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