2007-01-01 14:23:47 · 11 answers · asked by Julie L 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Modus operandi is the WAY something is done, NOT the reason it is done.
Ignore the answers that claim it has anything to do with motive--they are incorrect. Likewise it has nothing to do with a "signature", or the personal quirk that a criminal uses to identify a crime as his.
Using drugged hamburger to silence a guard dog is an example of MO. Tying a ribbon to the dog's tail on the way out is an example of a"signature" (although a pretty stupid one, but you get the idea)
2007-01-02 01:28:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Modus operandi (often used in the abbreviated form MO) is a Latin phrase, approximately translated as "mode of operation." The plural is modi operandi ("modes of operation"). It is used in police work to describe a criminal's characteristic patterns and style of work. It is also applied in fraud investigation when talking of behavior patterns that indicate specific types of fraud. eg. False identity is a key MO of retail banking sleeper fraud.
The term is also commonly used in English in a non-criminal sense to describe someone's habits or manner of working, the method of operating or functioning.
A criminal's MO may also be used in offender profiling, where it can also be used to find clues to the perpetrator's psychology.
The method of operation or MO is sometimes confused with a criminal's "signature". While a criminal's MO may change over time, his or her signature will usually stay the same.
2007-01-01 22:25:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Modus Operandi- Method of operation
2007-01-01 22:26:29 · answer #3 · answered by Kylie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It stands for the Latin "modus operandi". In English that is one's mode of operation and is often used to indicate how one usually acts.
2007-01-01 22:27:34 · answer #4 · answered by whatever 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It derives form the Latin "modus operandi" which means mode of operation.
2007-01-01 22:25:44 · answer #5 · answered by a heart so big 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Modis Opperendai (spell might be wrong but thats how it sounds). Its latin
It means that is like a signiature kinda thing he does. Or the usual way he operates or does something.
2007-01-01 22:26:12 · answer #6 · answered by AnarchyAlchemy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's his Modus Operandi. It means That's the way he does it.
2007-01-01 22:32:07 · answer #7 · answered by istitch2 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Motive Operandi or something like that. What is this motive or reason for doing what ever he is doing
2007-01-01 22:27:40 · answer #8 · answered by vboogee 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
his motive for doing somethin or reason like what is his MO for robbing a bank =MO (reason) he was broke
2007-01-01 22:32:16 · answer #9 · answered by LIL Shady 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it means that is the persons motive for doing whatever he just did.
2007-01-01 23:40:49 · answer #10 · answered by lady beth 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋