modus operandi

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin modus operandī, from modus (“manner, method”) and operandī (“of working”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈməʊ.dʌs ɒp.əˌɹæn.daɪ/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈmɐʉ.dɘs ɔp.ɘˌɹɛn.dɒe/, /ˈmɐʉ.dɘs ɔp.ɘˌɹɛn.di/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmoʊ.dəs ɑp.əɹˌæn.daɪ/, /ˈmoʊ.dəs ɑp.əɹˌæn.di/ === Noun === modus operandi (plural modi operandi or modus operandis) (colloquial) A person or thing's normal mode of operation. (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. ==== Usage notes ==== Sometimes italicized to indicate the term's foreign origin. ==== Synonyms ==== MO ==== Related terms ==== modus procedendi ==== Translations ==== == Cebuano == === Etymology === From English modus operandi, borrowed from Latin modus operandī. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: mo‧dus‧o‧pe‧ran‧di === Noun === modus operandi (law enforcement) a modus operandi a person or thing's normal mode of operation ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:modus operandi. == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mɔ.dys ɔ.pe.ʁɑ̃(n).di/ === Noun === modus operandi m (invariable) (law enforcement) modus operandi Synonym: mode opératoire 2021, Antoine Albertini, A Marseille, contre les règlements de compte, l’arme du renseignement opérationnel, lemonde.fr (29 Mars 2021); === Further reading === “modus operandi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Indonesian == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin modus operandī, from modus (“manner, method”) and operandī (“of working”). === Noun === modus operandi (plural modus-modus operandi) (law enforcement) modus operandi Synonym: modus kejahatan === Further reading === “modus operandi”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin modus operandī (literally “method of working”). === Noun === modus operandi m (invariable) modus operandi == Latin == === Etymology === From modus (“manner, method”) and operandī (“of working”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmɔ.dʊs ɔ.pɛˈran.dɪ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmɔː.dus o.peˈran.di] === Noun === modus operandī m (genitive modī operandī); second declension modus operandi ==== Related terms ==== == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin modus operandī. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.dus ɔ.pɛˈran.di/ Syllabification: mo‧dus o‧pe‧ran‧di === Noun === modus operandi m inan (indeclinable) (literary) modus operandi (person or thing's method of operation) === Further reading === “modus operandi”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “modus operandi”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish) == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin modus operandī. === Pronunciation === === Noun === modus operandi m (plural modus operandi or modi operandi) modus operandi (method of operation) === Further reading === “modus operandi”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin modus operandī (literally “manner or method of working”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌmodus opeˈɾandi/ [ˌmo.ð̞us o.peˈɾãn̪.d̪i] Syllabification: mo‧dus o‧pe‧ran‧di === Noun === modus operandi m (plural modus operandi) modus operandi ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “modus operandi”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 https://www.rae.es/drae2001/modus%20operandi == Swedish == === Noun === modus operandi n (criminal or more general) modus operandi === References === “modus operandi”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)