PROFILING


Meaning of PROFILING in English

n.

Function: noun

Date: 1980

: the act or process of extrapolating information about a person based on known traits or tendencies <consumer profiling > specifically : the act of suspecting or targeting a person on the basis of observed characteristics or behavior <racial profiling >

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