'''''Modus operandi''''' (M.O.) is Latin for "operating method."<ref>https://www.britannica.com/topic/modus-operandi</ref> Today, this term is typically used in reference to a standard operating procedure of a specific person or group.<ref>https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/modus%20operandi</ref> [[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.
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Police detectives and insurance fraud investigators find that each criminal frequently follow a pattern. A burglar may always enter by a second-story rear window or steal a bicycle attached loosely to a parking meter.