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Modus Operandi
/ˈmoʊ.dəs ɑp.əɹˌæn.daɪ/
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What does Modus Operandi mean?
noun
- A person or thing's normal mode of operation.
- 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.
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/ˈmoʊ.dəs ɑp.əɹˌæn.daɪ/
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The modus operandi, though perplexing to the uninitiated, is absurdly simple when the secret is revealed.
Perhaps the most recondite subject connected with the healing art divine is, the modus operandi of medicinal action, upon the human body.
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Neither will he fail to observe the modus operandi by which the attributes and prerogatives of this Deity have been shifted upon males--usually deified monarchs.
It is unnecessary for our purpose here to minutely describe the exact modus operandi of these two experimenters.