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FBI sting operation
Operation Pretense was a sting operation conducted by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the mid-1980s that resulted in convictions against
Operation_Pretense
supervisors. However, this came under scrutiny after Operation Pretense (1984–1987), an FBI sting operation targeting corruption that led to the indictment
List of counties in Mississippi
List_of_counties_in_Mississippi
American politician (born 1948)
corruption investigation into Mississippi county governments known as Operation Pretense. For the purposes of secrecy, initially only Mabus and his chief investigator
Ray_Mabus
The FBI had carried out a lengthy investigation and a sting called Operation Pretense to gain evidence in these cases. Reform led to an overhaul of the
Government_of_Mississippi
WWII deception operation
Operation Fortitude was a military deception operation by the Allied nations as part of Operation Bodyguard, an overall deception strategy during the
Operation_Fortitude
state of Mississippi had a similar, though smaller, scandal called Operation Pretense in the 1980s. The reforms put in place by Oklahoma were much weaker
Oklahoma county commissioner scandal
Oklahoma_county_commissioner_scandal
1961 failed landing operation of Cuba
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed military landing operation on the southwestern coast of Cuba in April 1961 by the United States and the Cuban Democratic
Bay_of_Pigs_Invasion
2023–present anti-junta military operation in Myanmar
particular, from where individuals have been led to Myanmar under false pretenses and then forced into fraud factories. As a result, China has exerted pressure
Operation_1027
American politician (1948–2025)
corruption investigation into Mississippi county governments—known as Operation Pretense—and pushed for various reforms to reduce official malfeasance. Before
Pete_Johnson_(politician)
1945–1955 British MI6 program to infiltrate its agents into Poland and Baltic states
dockyard in Bremen-Vegesack for the West German Border Police, but under the pretense that the boats exceeded the speed allowed by the treaty of Potsdam, French
Operation_Jungle
American politician
multiple terms as a Claiborne County supervisor. He was indicted in Operation Pretense in the 1980s for mail fraud but was found innocent of all charges
Albert_Butler
Mission of the Simon Wiesenthal Center
have obtained citizenship in Canada and the United States under false pretenses; usually by misrepresentation, omission, or falsification of their criminal
Operation_Last_Chance
American attorney and politician
John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118755921. Crockett, James R. (2003). Operation Pretense: The FBI's Sting on County Corruption in Mississippi. Jackson: University
Mike Moore (American politician)
Mike_Moore_(American_politician)
Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945
ISBN 978-0-226-88511-7. Weinberg, Gerhard (1995). "Hitler and England, 1933–1945: Pretense and Reality". Germany, Hitler, and World War II: Essays in Modern German
Adolf_Hitler
American general (born 1968)
Putin. Caine rejected Trump's claim that the U.S. was being invaded, the pretense for Trump's 2025 decision to federalize the California National Guard in
Dan_Caine
American politician
Dog". NEMiss.news. Retrieved 2026-04-29. Crockett, James R. (2003). Operation Pretense: The FBI's Sting on County Corruption in Mississippi. Jackson: University
Steve_Patterson_(politician)
1905 United States Supreme Court case
Mississippi Hustle Operation Plunder Dome Operation Pretense Operation Rocky Top Operation Silver Shovel Operation Tennessee Waltz Scandals Congressional
Burton_v._United_States
Film by M. Night Shyamalan
wanted fugitives at a convention center, having invited them under the pretense of gifting them free NFL tickets and an opportunity to win an all-expenses-paid
Trap_(2024_film)
American auditor (1909–1991)
May 20, 2021. Retrieved May 31, 2022. Crockett, James R. (2003). Operation Pretense: The FBI's Sting on County Corruption in Mississippi. Jackson: University
Hamp_King
1970s political scandal in the U.S.
Mitchell plotted to have the CIA pressure the FBI to drop its probe under the pretense of national security. On June 23, Nixon approved the plan and instructed
Watergate_scandal
1941 Axis campaign during World War II
The invasion of Yugoslavia, also known as the April War or Operation 25, was a German-led attack on the Kingdom of Yugoslavia by the Axis powers which
Invasion_of_Yugoslavia
1998 film by Tony Scott
believing he is being blackmailed. They lure him into a meeting under the pretense of trading the tape. At the meeting, Dean deceives Reynolds by claiming
Enemy_of_the_State_(film)
Corruption scandal involving US universities' admissions practices
Operation Varsity Blues was the code name for the investigation into the 2019 criminal conspiracy scandal to influence undergraduate admissions decisions
Varsity_Blues_scandal
American drug manufacturer and dealer
selling 66 grams of LSD, made in researcher Dave Nichols' lab under the pretense of doing research. Skinner said the rent was $15,000 a month, which Pickard
Gordon_Todd_Skinner
President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
report that President Bush's administration had made more than 900 false pretenses in a two-year period about the alleged threat of Iraq against the United
George_W._Bush
NATO-led air and naval attacks during the civil war
Crime of the Century. p. 55. Kuperman, Alan J. (15 July 2020). "False pretense for war in Libya? - The Boston Globe". Boston.com. Archived from the original
2011 military intervention in Libya
2011_military_intervention_in_Libya
2023 American film by Alejandro Monteverde
Honduran man whose kids, Rocío and Miguel, were kidnapped under a false pretense Kurt Fuller as Frost, Ballard's DHS supervisor Gary Basaraba as Earl Backman
Sound_of_Freedom_(film)
Unit of the Soviet/Russian Security Service
change operation in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. Soviet forces, including KGB commandos who had infiltrated the country on a pretense to guard
Alpha_Group
Canadian pornographic video-sharing website
GirlsDoPorn, which coerced women into appearing in their videos under false pretenses. In January 2021, a class action lawsuit making similar claims was launched
Pornhub
Hand gesture
gesture held up in front of their own eye as a reminder that despite any pretenses of freedom, they were all prisoners. The gesture is also used as a greeting
OK_gesture
Private battalion
mercenaries were tricked into fighting for the RSF in Sudan under the pretense of providing security to oil-drilling sites. "Letter dated 5 September
Desert_Wolves
1861–1865 conflict in the United States
when Lincoln proclaimed that foreign nations had no further "claim or pretense" to deny equality of maritime rights and hospitalities to US warships and
American_Civil_War
Colombian informant (born 1947)
Guillermo Pallomari must be extracted.[page needed] Working under the pretense of casing Pallomari for assassination, Salcedo forwarded his location to
Jorge_Salcedo_Cabrera
Collaborationist regime in France (1940–1944)
and Italians occupied the entirety of Metropolitan France, ending any pretense of independence by the Vichy government. On 10 May 1940, France was invaded
Vichy_France
American private prison operator
Immigration and Naturalization Service (INC). In 1984, CCA also took over the operations of the Tall Trees non-secure juvenile facility, for the Juvenile Court
CoreCivic
Crown Prince of Central Africa
African Empire, by his sixth wife, Catherine Denguiadé. As a title in pretense, he claims the Imperial throne as Bokassa II. Following his father's decision
Jean-Bédel_Bokassa_Jr.
1921 invasion of the Democratic Republic of Georgia
65. Routledge (UK), ISBN 0-7146-4718-7 Beichman, A. (1991). The Long Pretense: Soviet Treaty Diplomacy from Lenin to Gorbachev, p. 165. Transaction Publishers
Soviet_invasion_of_Georgia
American boxer and mobster (1928–2005)
and that he had told other gangsters that his eccentric behavior was a pretense. Gigante's lawyers got testimony and reports from psychiatrists that from
Vincent_Gigante
Misogynistic online harassment campaign
reviewing their work favorably largely escaped, revealing the campaign as "a pretense to make further harassment of women in the industry permissible". In The
Gamergate
confused with research concerning verified conspiracies, such as Germany's pretense for invading Poland in World War II. In principle, conspiracy theories
List_of_conspiracy_theories
Ability to deny responsibility
of their actions, and walk away saving face. Deniability here enables pretense of ignorance of the activities that are being committed: a fundamental
Plausible_deniability
United States Army unit
inflatable tanks, sound trucks, fake radio transmissions, scripts and pretense. Their story was kept a secret for more than 50 years after the war, until
Ghost_Army
1999 drug arrests in Tulia, Texas
Tulia, Texas on charges of cocaine dealing as a result of an undercover operation carried out by agent Tom Coleman. Coleman's testimony was crucial in the
1999_Tulia_drug_arrests
Children's game
strengthening previously acquired knowledge. Children who have better pretense and fantasy abilities also show better social competence, cognitive capabilities
Make_believe
Crime drama television series
police officer and member of Operation Leyenda (season 2) Alex Knight as Kenny Moss, a DEA agent and member of Operation Leyenda (main season 2, guest
Narcos:_Mexico
Intentional deception to gain unlawfully
criminal fraud, theft by false pretense, are the intentional deception of a victim by false representation or pretense with the intent of persuading the
Fraud
Japanese biological and chemical warfare unit (1936–1945)
an investigation by The Observer, after the end of the war, under the pretense of vaccine development, former members of Unit 731 conducted human experiments
Unit_731
Mexican drug lord (born 1948)
Paso, Texas. Zambada was reportedly lured by Guzmán López under false pretenses of looking to buy property in Mexico that led to his arrest. However,
El_Mayo
fantasizes about never seeing them again. Ozzie goes to Darby's house under the pretense of returning a book. Darby (Parley Baer) says the book isn't his and he
List of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet episodes
List_of_The_Adventures_of_Ozzie_and_Harriet_episodes
Classified military planning effort against transnational terrorism
pattern of misconduct including obtaining a service medal under false pretenses, improperly flashing military identification while drunk, theft, and falsely
Able_Danger
Clandestine acquisition of confidential information
to as intelligence. A professional trained in conducting intelligence operations by their government may be employed as an intelligence officer. Espionage
Espionage
Bilateral relations between Pakistan and Japan
2025, a group of 22 Pakistanis attempting to enter Japan under similar pretenses were detained and deported from Osaka’s Kansai Airport after failing to
Japan–Pakistan_relations
Spanish territories along the northern African coast
Kingdom of the Algarves, a title which the Spanish monarchs still hold in pretense. Morocco has claimed those territories (except the island of Alborán, further
Plazas_de_soberanía
using the paranormal abilities he now admits he feigned. He abandoned his pretense out of remorse when his attention-seeking behavior attracted the attention
List of The Mentalist characters
List_of_The_Mentalist_characters
Breaking Bad character
captivity. In the flashback scenes, Todd takes Jesse out of his cage under the pretense of helping with chores. He drives Jesse to his apartment, where he calmly
Todd_Alquist
Demonetisation of Indian banknotes
has done is commit a massive theft of people's property without even the pretense of due process—a shocking move for a democratically elected government
2016 Indian banknote demonetisation
2016_Indian_banknote_demonetisation
fruition as Duke Leto is lured to Arrakis on the pretense of taking over the lucrative spice mining operation there, previously controlled by the Harkonnens
List_of_Dune_characters
Jewish community associated with modern-day Ethiopia
consisted of educated men who entered Israel on tourist visas, often under the pretense of Christian pilgrimage from Ethiopia to the Holy Land and subsequently
Beta_Israel
System to identify resources on a network
poisoning, in which data is distributed to caching resolvers under the pretense of being an authoritative origin server, thereby polluting the data store
Domain_Name_System
2025 novel by Dan Brown
monitored. Katherine was invited to lecture in Prague by Gessner as a pretense to do reconnaissance on the nature of her book and get her to sign a non-disclosure
The_Secret_of_Secrets_(novel)
Dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1943
Fearing a revolt by his own militants, Mussolini decided to drop all pretense of democracy. On 3 January 1925, Mussolini made a truculent speech before
Benito_Mussolini
2016–2017 US counterintelligence investigation of Donald Trump's associates
alleged that the Crossfire Hurricane investigation was opened on false pretenses for political purposes. A subsequent review done by Justice Department
Crossfire Hurricane (FBI investigation)
Crossfire_Hurricane_(FBI_investigation)
tons from Union Minière du Haut Katanga, a Belgian mining company, on the pretense of buying it for an Italian chemical company in Milan. Once the uranium
Israel_and_nuclear_weapons
Mass murder campaign in Rwanda
threat could have become real at any time. Waldorf, Lars (2011). ""A Mere Pretense of Justice": Complementarity, Sham Trials, and Victor's Justice at the
Rwandan_genocide
Since the 2010s, Chinese nationals have been lured abroad under false pretenses, often with promises of high-paying jobs, only to be forced into participating
Trafficking of Chinese nationals to scam centers abroad
Trafficking_of_Chinese_nationals_to_scam_centers_abroad
Military campaign in Russia's Kursk Oblast during Russia-Ukraine war
from other fronts into the Sumy Oblast as early as mid-July, under the pretenses of training and picking up new equipment. Officers were told to avoid
Kursk_campaign
France's external intelligence agency
Army still carries on civilian telecommunication interceptions under the pretense of training and military exercises in electronic warfare in peacetime.
Directorate General for External Security
Directorate_General_for_External_Security
Iranian unmanned aerial combat vehicles
than 1,000 women across Africa had been lured to Alabuga under false pretenses. Known models include: Shahed 101 Shahed 107 Shahed 121 Shahed 123 Shahed
Shahed_drones
1983 film by James Sbardellati
the unwitting participant in a warriors' tournament, set up under false pretense to wipe out all potential challengers to the reign of Munkar (Erhard),
Deathstalker_(1983_film)
Film by Ric Roman Waugh
handler, Roman Chalmers. Roman is a Muslim convert, living under the outward pretense of a Dubai socialite, a lifestyle he secretly despises. Roman claims to
Kandahar_(2023_film)
Fraudulent investment operations
operations that pay out returns to investors from money paid in by subsequent investors rather than from any actual profit earned from the operation of
List_of_Ponzi_schemes
King of Italy in 1946
sent to the Soviet Union, saying that, as a Catholic, he fully supported Operation Barbarossa and wanted to do battle with the "godless communists". Mussolini
Umberto_II_of_Italy
Fictional character in the Breaking Bad franchise
to kill him. Before he can, Victor takes him to the lab under the false pretense of investigating a chemical leak. Walt realizes Mike is at the lab to kill
Gus_Fring
destroyed in the season 2 opener, "The Serpent's Lair". In season 3's "Pretense", Klorel's ship crashes on the Tollan homeworld while fleeing from Heru-ur's
List of Stargate SG-1 characters
List_of_Stargate_SG-1_characters
Child sexual abuse ring from Michigan, U.S.
Richards, such as him holding and measuring students' penises under the pretense of determining their jockstrap size. At the time of his arrest, Richards
Brother Paul's Children's Mission
Brother_Paul's_Children's_Mission
Return", the angels bring back Adam, John Winchester's third son, under the pretense that he can be Michael's new vessel, but this is merely a ruse to get Dean
List of Supernatural and The Winchesters characters
List_of_Supernatural_and_The_Winchesters_characters
German neo-noir television series
the same judge, Ferdinand Voss. She visits Voss' court, and under the pretense that she is still a detective, gains access to his files. Unbeknownst to
Babylon_Berlin
Locke was born in 1944, but claimed dates two to 12 years later. The pretense infected almost every published mention of Locke before the growth of fact-checking
Personal life of Clint Eastwood
Personal_life_of_Clint_Eastwood
Criminal cartel boss (born 1972)
the call centre managers to Romania in early 2014, in one case under the pretense of arranging for the transfer of money still owed to laid-off employees
Paul_Le_Roux
they weren't taken along, but Treyni joins the group anyway under the pretense of an inspection. Souka and Souei confide in their friends about their
List of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime episodes
List_of_That_Time_I_Got_Reincarnated_as_a_Slime_episodes
Latvian aviator and Nazi collaborator (1900–1965)
Nazi-hunting Mossad agents, who persuaded him to travel to Uruguay under the pretense of starting an aviation business. An acquaintance named "Anton Künzle"
Herberts_Cukurs
2016 documentary film by Adam Curtis
quo, and politicians and citizens alike were resigned to maintaining the pretense of a functioning society. Over time, the mass delusion became a self-fulfilling
HyperNormalisation
2014 annexation of Ukrainian territory
and is merely waiting for the right opportunity, most likely under the pretense of defending Russian brethren abroad". The Euromaidan protest movement
2014 Russian annexation of Crimea
2014_Russian_annexation_of_Crimea
with a group of retired circus freaks and befriends them under false pretenses. When Batman arrives, Croc and the performers band together to capture
List of Batman: The Animated Series episodes
List_of_Batman:_The_Animated_Series_episodes
German state from 1918 to 1933
of World War II in Europe in 1945, the Nazis governed Germany under the pretense that all the extraordinary measures and laws they implemented were constitutional;
Weimar_Republic
Fictional character
named Felipe, played by Juan Diego Botto, with a similar disability and pretense. In Isabel Allende's Zorro: A Novel, Bernardo is the child of the de la
Zorro
American musician and actor (1942–2021)
promote the tour under the Monkees banner, but Nesmith stated, "there's no pretense there about Micky and I [sic] being the Monkees. We're not." The tour was
Michael_Nesmith
Type of investment fraud
fraud factory, where they are lured to travel internationally under false pretenses, trafficked to another location, and forced to commit the fraud by organized
Pig_butchering_scam
Islamist movement and militant group based in Lebanon
2010. Retrieved 27 January 2011. "Syria: Israel's Scud accusation may be pretense for attack". Haaretz. Israel. 25 October 2008. Archived from the original
Hezbollah
2007 film by David Fincher
review for The Village Voice wrote that director Fincher's "very lack of pretense, coupled with a determination to get the facts down with maximum economy
Zodiac_(film)
Fictional characters
his actual name, NCIS trick Cole into attacking a safehouse under the pretense that Barrett and DiNozzo are hiding there. The safehouse is empty, and
List_of_NCIS_characters
Canadian-American feminist media critic (born 1983)
strategized. Later, the flimsiness of the 'ethics in games journalism' pretense would become a mocking meme signifying a bad faith argument. It would almost
Anita_Sarkeesian
one-time-only act of adultery. Larry's friend Richard needs a kidney transplant operation. Under pressure from his friends and family, Larry offers to donate his
List of Curb Your Enthusiasm episodes
List_of_Curb_Your_Enthusiasm_episodes
1886 bombing aftermath in Chicago, US
feelings of fear and anger surrounding the trial ruled out anything but the pretense of justice right from the outset." Smith notes that scholars have long
Haymarket_affair
1973 report of illegal activities by the United States Central Intelligence Agency
aide to Howard Hughes in Las Vegas, to approach Johnny Roselli under the pretense of representing international corporations that wanted Castro dead due
Family Jewels (Central Intelligence Agency)
Family_Jewels_(Central_Intelligence_Agency)
US federal law
extortion under color of authority, fraudulent schemes and artifices, false pretenses, promises and representations and deprivation of the right of citizens
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
Racketeer_Influenced_and_Corrupt_Organizations_Act
Willful killing of a prominent person
Czechoslovak soldiers on behalf of the Czechoslovak government in exile in Operation Anthropoid, and knowledge from decoded transmissions allowed the United
Assassination
and daughters, he also fraternizes with the nurses a great deal with no pretense of fidelity. He admits frankly that his wife collects his pay for a special
List_of_M*A*S*H_characters
2026 Tamil film by Raju Murugan
working for the organ trafficking network and taken to Chennai under the pretense of administrative verification. Suseela, left alone, intensifies her efforts
My_Lord_(film)
Figure in Scientology space opera
assistance of psychiatrists, he gathered billions of his citizens under the pretense of income tax inspections, then paralyzed them and froze them in a mixture
Xenu
OPERATION PRETENSE
OPERATION PRETENSE
Girl/Female
Indian, Sanskrit
Name of Lord Shiva; The Operator; One who Maintains Balance Between Life and Death
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Moderation; Neutrality
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Balance; Temperance; Moderation
Female
English
English name derived from the vocabulary word, TEMPERANCE means "moderation, self-restraint."
Girl/Female
Muslim
Moderation, Equality
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Old Norse female personal name Gunvǫr, composed of the elements gunn ‘battle’ + vǫr, the feminine form of varr ‘defender’, or possibly from the Old Norse male personal name Gunnarr.English : occupational name for an operator of heavy artillery (see Gunn).Americanized spelling of German Gönner, a habitational name for someone from any of numerous places named Gönne.
Girl/Female
Indian
Moderation, Equality
Female
Japanese
(1-æ, 2- 京, 3- å”, 4- 郷) Variant spelling of Japanese unisex Kyou, KYO means 1) "apricot," 2) "capital," 3) "cooperation," or 4) "village."Â
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Method; Way; Mode; Manner; Operation; Process
Girl/Female
British, Christian, English
Temperance; One of the Qualities Adopted as a First Name by the Puritans After the Reformation; Moderation; Self Restraint
Female
Japanese
(1-æ, 2- 京, 3- å”, 4- 郷) Japanese unisex name KYOU means 1) "apricot," 2) "capital," 3) "cooperation," or 4) "village."Â
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Seperation
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly East Anglia)
English (mainly East Anglia) : nickname for a lordly, impressive, or sharp-eyed man, from Middle English egle ‘eagle’ (from Old French aigle, from Latin aquila).English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Laigle in Orne, France, the name of which ostensibly means ‘the eagle’, although it is possible that the recorded forms result from the operation of early folk etymology on some unknown original. Matilda de Aquila is recorded in 1129 as the widow of Robert Mowbray, Earl of Northumberland.Jewish : translation into English of Adler.
Surname or Lastname
German and Dutch
German and Dutch : from Middle High German bloch, Middle Dutch blok ‘block of wood’, ‘stocks’. The surname probably originated as a nickname for a large, lumpish man, or perhaps as a nickname for a persistent lawbreaker who found himself often in the stocks.English : possibly a metonymic occupational name for someone who blocks, as in shoemaking and bookbinding, from Middle English blok ‘block’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : Americanized spelling of Bloch (see Vlach).Adriaen Coertsz Block was a Dutch-born merchant-explorer who traded along the CT coast and Long Island shortly after Hudson’s voyage to the region in 1609. Block Island, between the north fork of Long Island and RI, which he used as a base of operations, is named after him.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Lancashire, so named from Old English gor ‘dirt’, ‘mud’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.Introduced in America by a family from Gorton, Lancashire, England (three miles from Manchester), the name Gorton was also adopted by a religious group known as the Gortonites. They were followers of Samuel Gorton (c. 1592–1677), whose unorthodox religious beliefs, which included denying the doctrine of the Trinity, caused him to seek religious toleration by emigrating to Boston in 1637 with his family. In conflict with authorities in Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, and Newport, he eventually settled in Shawomet, RI, and renamed it Warwick. He died there in 1677, leaving three sons and at least six daughters.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English, Old French sur(ri)gien (from a derivative of Late Latin chirurgia ‘handiwork’), hence an occupational name for a person who performed operations, mostly amputations. Before the advent of anaesthetics, only crude surgery was possible, and the calling was often combined with that of the barber or bath house attendant.French : topographic name for someone who lived close to a gushing spring.
OPERATION PRETENSE
OPERATION PRETENSE
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sikh
Enchanting
Boy/Male
Latin English Welsh
Roman.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Christian, English
World Ruler; Form of Donn; In Mythology the Irish Donn was Known as King of the Underworld
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Diamond
Girl/Female
Arabic, Swahili
Woman; Life
Girl/Female
French
From the court, or short nose. From the surname of the aristocratic Courtenay family, based on...
Girl/Female
Muslim
Praiseworthy
Girl/Female
English
Abbreviation of Rebecca.
Boy/Male
British, English
A Compound of the Old English Words for Flame and Wolf
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Teacher of Devas
OPERATION PRETENSE
OPERATION PRETENSE
OPERATION PRETENSE
OPERATION PRETENSE
OPERATION PRETENSE
n.
The act of loading.
n.
The act of operating or working; operation.
v. i.
To deliver an oration.
n.
Any methodical action of the hand, or of the hand with instruments, on the human body, to produce a curative or remedial effect, as in amputation, etc.
n.
That which is operated or accomplished; an effect brought about in accordance with a definite plan; as, military or naval operations.
a.
Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects; as, an operative motive.
n.
The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
a.
Based upon, or consisting of, an operation or operations; as, operative surgery.
n.
Effect produced; influence.
n.
Operation.
n.
Exposure to the free action of the air; airing; as, aeration of soil, of spawn, etc.
n.
The consequence of anything; the issue; conclusion; result; that in which an action, operation, or series of operations, terminates.
n.
The method of working; mode of action.
n.
The symbol that expresses the operation to be performed; -- called also facient.
n.
Calmness of mind; equanimity; as, to bear adversity with moderation.
n.
Act; working; operation.
n.
The act of cooperating, or of operating together to one end; joint operation; concurrent effort or labor.
n.
An elaborate discourse, delivered in public, treating an important subject in a formal and dignified manner; especially, a discourse having reference to some special occasion, as a funeral, an anniversary, a celebration, or the like; -- distinguished from an argument in court, a popular harangue, a sermon, a lecture, etc.; as, Webster's oration at Bunker Hill.
n.
Something to be done; some transformation to be made upon quantities, the transformation being indicated either by rules or symbols.
a.
Producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious; as, an operative dose, rule, or penalty.