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- Modus Operandi
- (mode-us ah-purr-and-eye or ah-purr-and-ee) A criminal investigation term for "way of operating," which may prove the accused has a pattern of repeating the same criminal acts using the same method. Examples: a repeat offender always pretended to be a telephone repairman to gain entrance.
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