Break
Break noun - A momentary halt in an activity.
Modus
Both words in one sentence
- Ostap Bender, the con artist from The Twelve Chairs and The Little Golden Calf, is very careful about direct violations of Soviet criminal law; his modus operandi is "bend it, not break it".
Source: Never Going Back to Prison
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