Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the correct meaning of the foreign words and phrases out of the four responses a, b, c and d. Modus operandi:

  1. successful operation

  2. unsuccessful mission

  3. mode or manner of doing a thing

  4. a clandestine operation
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Modus operandi is Latin for 'method of operating' or 'mode of doing something', referring to a particular way or method of doing something, often used in criminology to describe a criminal's characteristic pattern of behavior.

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