Usually means: Method of operating or functioning.
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We found 33 dictionaries that define the word modus operandi:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. modus operandi: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. modus operandi: Merriam-Webster
  3. modus operandi: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. modus operandi: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. modus operandi: Collins English Dictionary
  6. modus operandi: Vocabulary.com
  7. modus operandi: Wordnik
  8. modus operandi: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. modus operandi: Wiktionary
  10. modus operandi: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. modus operandi: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. modus operandi: Dictionary.com
  13. Modus Operandi (Jimmy Barnes album), Modus Operandi (Photek album), Modus Operandi (film), Modus Operandi, Modus operandi (disambiguation), Modus operandi: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. modus operandi: Rhymezone
  15. modus operandi: FreeDictionary.org
  16. modus operandi: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. modus operandi: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. Modus Operandi: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

Business (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. modus operandi: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  3. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  4. modus operandi: Law.com Dictionary
  5. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  7. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  8. International Law Dictionary (No longer online)
  9. modus operandi: Legal dictionary
  10. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. modus operandi: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Political (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Modus-Operandi, modus operandi: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (modus operandi)

noun:  (colloquial) A person or thing's normal mode of operation.
noun:  (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.

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