Definition of profiling in English:
profiling
noun ˈprəʊfʌɪlɪŋˈproʊˌfaɪlɪŋ
mass nounThe recording and analysis of a person's psychological and behavioural characteristics, so as to assess or predict their capabilities in a certain sphere or to assist in identifying categories of people.
we put everyone through psychometric profiling
the police are building up a comprehensive system of offender profiling to assist in the hunt for murderers and rapists
Example sentencesExamples
- That's been the biggest nut to crack with selling psychological profiling.
- In their search for the sniper, police are relying on psychological profiling to better understand and predict what's going through the sniper's mind.
- This is the second myth of ID checks: that identification combined with profiling can be an indicator of intention.
- Now, I have spoken to FBI profilers and it is a fascinating subject, but psychological profiling has a relatively limited application.
- There's no psychological profiling or involuntary behavioural modification going on here, just a cassette playing a muffled selection of old dance anthems, the hits of Ibiza '97.
- Despite those late hitches, David Stuttard's new adaptation of Antigone, with its value-added psychological profiling, still emerged triumphant.
- The goal of investigative psychology's form of profiling, like all profiling, is to infer characteristics of a criminal based on his or her behavior during the crime.
- It is important that research continues in order to establish how far profiling could be clinically useful, and it is critical that developments are kept under review.
- This company specializes in psychological profiling.
- The Israelis also use ethnic and behavioral profiling to spot everything from mules - unwitting accomplices who carry lethal devices - to suicide bombers.
Definition of profiling in US English:
profiling
nounˈprōˌfīliNGˈproʊˌfaɪlɪŋ
The recording and analysis of a person's psychological and behavioral characteristics, so as to assess or predict their capabilities in a certain sphere or to assist in identifying a particular subgroup of people.
we put everyone through psychometric profiling
the police are building up a comprehensive system of offender profiling to assist in the hunt for murderers and rapists
Example sentencesExamples
- That's been the biggest nut to crack with selling psychological profiling.
- In their search for the sniper, police are relying on psychological profiling to better understand and predict what's going through the sniper's mind.
- Despite those late hitches, David Stuttard's new adaptation of Antigone, with its value-added psychological profiling, still emerged triumphant.
- The goal of investigative psychology's form of profiling, like all profiling, is to infer characteristics of a criminal based on his or her behavior during the crime.
- There's no psychological profiling or involuntary behavioural modification going on here, just a cassette playing a muffled selection of old dance anthems, the hits of Ibiza '97.
- The Israelis also use ethnic and behavioral profiling to spot everything from mules - unwitting accomplices who carry lethal devices - to suicide bombers.
- This is the second myth of ID checks: that identification combined with profiling can be an indicator of intention.
- This company specializes in psychological profiling.
- Now, I have spoken to FBI profilers and it is a fascinating subject, but psychological profiling has a relatively limited application.
- It is important that research continues in order to establish how far profiling could be clinically useful, and it is critical that developments are kept under review.