Synonyms for modus operandi
ˈmoʊ dəs ˌɒp əˈræn di, -daɪ; ˈmoʊ di, -daɪmodus operan·di

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1. modus operandinoun

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   MO

2. modus operandinoun

   A person or thing's normal mode of operation.

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   MO

3. modus operandinoun

   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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   MO

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1. routine, modus operandinoun

   an unvarying or habitual method or procedure

   Synonyms:
   act, bit, routine, function, subprogram, procedure, number, subroutine, turn

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1. • Procedure

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1. modus operandi

   Synonyms:
   [L.] process, way, method, mode of operation, way of doing

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1. Maria Olga Noriega:

   The phenomenon of human trafficking modified a lot with COVID, traffickers keep working (to) recruit, but now with a more complex modus operandi.

2. Nour Odeh:

   They can tell this government that this modus operandi doesn’t work. You can’t keep pushing Palestinians like that. You can’t have more than 30 Palestinians killed in less than a month [as has happened in January]. You can’t demolish homes – that will expel families – and [impose] collective punishment measures, it won’t be long before Palestinians say, ‘You know what, we have to also organize and defend ourselves … nobody’s there to help us. So we’re going to do it ourselves.’ When you get there, nobody can put a lid on that.

3. Francois Molins:

   We can note that this perfectly matches ISIS' watchword, which regularly calls for committing terrorist attacks on the French territory, and to precisely slit the throats of the nonbelievers, the beheading also precisely recalls this terrorist organization's modus operandi.

4. Commissioner Timothy Sini:

   The manner in which they were killed is consistent with the modus operandi of MS-13.

5. Maria Olga Noriega:

   Traffickers keep working (to) recruit, but now with a more complex modus operandi.