the practice of categorizing people and predicting their behaviour according to particular characteristics such as race or age
racial profiling
profiling in American English
(ˈproʊˌfaɪlɪŋ)
noun
the practice or method of preparing a set of characteristics belonging to a certain class or group of people or thingsby which to identify individuals as belonging to such a class or group, as to detain for investigation of a possible crime
Examples of 'profiling' in a sentence
profiling
But profiling had never been an arid academic exercise with him.
Val McDermid THE LAST TEMPTATION (2002)
If the last few weeks have proved anything, it's that profiling is what I do best.
Val McDermid THE LAST TEMPTATION (2002)
His decision to quit the front line of profiling and retreat to academic life had felt like a liberation for Carol.