Part of M.O

Usage examples of modus.

Their modus operandi closely matches the style of the Alpha Ostrava massacre, twenty-nine days ago.

We can also see why modus ponendo ponens, introduced above, is a good rule.

By showing the similarity of victimology, modus operandi, signature elements, weapons, and locations, we showed the jury how it was beyond reason that two or more different offenders who happened to have identical behavioral traits could be operating in the same San Diego area at the same time.

It was neeessary for the simple reason that there were too many potential Slashers out there, waiting for a modus operandi to be disclosed so that they could grab a piece of the publicity.

E anche se non fosse stato così, uscire dai confini imposti in posizioni casuali avrebbe potuto cambiare la Realtà in molti modi.

She was practiced in the modus operandi of Bubbas, for whom revenge was a reflex, like getting up for a beer during commercials.

Late that night, his rental Jetta was found, driver's door open, bell dinging, same modus operand!

Men­tre scendeva le scale fischiettava un motivetto stonato, e mai si sarebbe potuto pensare che si fosse accompagnato a un es­sere così diabolico a giudicare dal passo disinvolto e dai modi affabili.

Graphemes The ancient Arabic script, a naturally cursive script with up to four different forms for each letter (depending on its position-initial, medial, final, or uncon nected-m a word), has, through millennia of usage been streamlined and at times arbitrarily restructured so that it has come to be an alphabetic script with only one form of a letter per sound unit This latest innovation was attributed to the planetologist Liet-Kynes during his stay on Arrakis with the Fremen tribes Other pnor innovations included the introduction of symbols to represent vowels (ancient Arabic script indicated short vowels only by infrequently used diacritical marks) attributed to Ah Ben Ohasi and later modi fied by the Fremen in the fast copies of their desert survival manual, the Kitab al Ibar The Fremen script in use during die time .

Tsavong Lah would have gleefully imposed on the infidels: divide and conquer had always been his modus operandi, closely followed by enslave and murder.

A Modus is a gambling-system, a secret trick of mathematical Enginery, to defeat the odds-makers.

Even with Damien hospitalized, Driver noted with growing concern that “his modus operandi continued” in Crittenden County.

Aveva scoperto modi di pensare e comportarsi che quegli ingenui di Topanga non avevano mai nemmeno im­maginato.

It was the horrific nature of these last three murders - their modus operandi - along with those of Jim Banks, Stevens and Jakes, of course, that had finally alerted the authorities to what they now erroneously categorized as a series of serial killings.

She read the notations on his most frequented locations, his general modus operandi.