modus operandi

English

Borrowed from Latin modus operandī, from modus (“manner, method”) and operandī (“of working”)

modus operandi (plural modi operandi)

(colloquial) A person or thing's normal mode of operation.
- 2001, Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl, pages 92-93:
  Failing that, if contact was absolutely necessary, a series of thumb jabs to the nerve cluster at the base of the neck would be his chosen modus operandi—quiet as a whisper.
(law enforcement) 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.

person or thing's method of operation

French: modus operandi (fr)
Georgian: ქმედების ხერხი (kmedebis xerxi)
German: Modus Operandi (de) m
Greek: μεθοδολογία δράσης f (methodología drásis), τρόπος δράσης m (trópos drásis)

habits from a criminal

Georgian: დანაშაულებრივი ხერხი (današaulebrivi xerxi), დანაშაულებრივი ხერხი (današaulebrivi xerxi), დანაშაულებრივი მოქმედების მეთოდი (današaulebrivi mokmedebis metodi), დანაშაულებრივი მოქმედების ხერხი (današaulebrivi mokmedebis xerxi)
German: Modus Operandi (de) m

modus operandi m (plural modus operandi or modi operandi)

Borrowed from Latin modus operandī (literally “manner or method of working”).

modus operandi m (plural modus operandi)

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