Profiling
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Profiling is a noun meaning The forensic science of constructing an outline of a person's individual characteristics.
Meaning
The forensic science of constructing an outline of a person's individual characteristics.
More Meanings
- present participle and gerund of profile
- (military, historical) In the construction of fieldworks, the erection at proper intervals of wooden profiles, to show to the workmen the sectional form of the parapets at those points.
Example Sentences
"If you're accused of profiling or pretextual stops, you can bring your daily logbook to court and document that pulling over motorists for 'stickler' reasons is part of your customary pattern," Remsberg writes, "not a glaring exception conveniently dusted off in the defendant's case."
Word Forms
- profilings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include portrait, contour, pattern, categorization, classification, characterisation.
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