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発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈməʊ.dʌs ɒp.əˌɹæn.daɪ/
• (New Zealand) IPA: /ˈmɐʉ.dɘs ɔp.ɘˌɹɛn.dɒe/, /ˈmɐʉ.dɘs ɔp.ɘˌɹɛn.di/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈmoʊ.dəs ɑp.əɹˌæn.daɪ/, /ˈmoʊ.dəs ɑp.əɹˌæn.di/

名詞

modus operandi (plural modi operandi or modus operandis)

1. (colloquial) A person or thing's normal mode of operation.
   • 2001, Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl, pages 92–93:

     Failing that, if contact was absolutely necessary, a series of thumb jabs to the nerve cluster at the base of the neck would be his chosen modus operandi—quiet as a whisper.

   • 2019 December 9, qntm, “Wild Light”, in There Is No Antimemetics Division, →ISBN, page 191:

     Where is it? What does SCP-3125 look like? Its motivation, its origins, its modus operandi— how much of that can be known? Does it have to be known, to solve the problem? Does it matter how intelligent the intelligence is, once it's inside the box, once it's checkmated?

2. (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.

使用する際の注意点

• Sometimes italicized to indicate the term's foreign origin.

同意語

• MO

関連する語

• modus procedendi

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈmɔ.dʊs ɔ.pɛˈran.dɪ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈmɔː.dus o.peˈran.di]

名詞

modus operandī m (genitive modī operandī); second declension

1. modus operandi

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