[[Police]] detectives and insurance fraud investigators find that each criminal frequently follows a [[pattern]]. A burglar may always enter by a second-story rear window or steal a bicycle attached loosely to a parking meter. Their pattern is their modus operandi, a [[Latin]] term. | [[Police]] detectives and insurance fraud investigators find that each criminal frequently follows a [[pattern]]. A burglar may always enter by a second-story rear window or steal a bicycle attached loosely to a parking meter. Their pattern is their modus operandi, a [[Latin]] term. |