profiling
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profiling
noun profilings
- The forensic science of constructing an outline of a person's individual characteristics. "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."
- 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.
verb
- present participle and gerund of profile
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: portrait, contour, pattern, categorization, classification, characterisation, streamlining, categorisation, characterization, identification, footprint, forecast, characterising, characterizing, describing, outlining
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noun forensic science of constructing an outline of a person's individual characteristics
| Español | expediente criminal, expediente |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | プロファイリング purofairingu |
| 中文 | 定性 dìngxìng |
| Français | profilage |
Talk about this word "profiling." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/profiling. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. profiling. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/profiling "profiling." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/profiling.Cite this
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title = {profiling},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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