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profiler

[ proh-fahy-ler ]

noun

  1. any of several types of machine tools for reproducing shapes in metal or other materials from a master form.


profiler

/ ˈəʊڲɪə /

noun

  1. a person or device that creates a profile, esp someone with psychological training who assists police investigations by identifying the likely characteristics of the perpetrator of a particular crime
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of profiler1

First recorded in 1900–05; profile + -er 1
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Former FBI profiler Greg McCrary said that people often go to familiar places when they are under a lot of stress and that authorities would focus on who Yolanda knows in Mexico and where she might be hiding out.

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For the Disney+ documentary, he gave buzzy celebrity profiler R.J.

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This Wondery podcast, hosted by the former F.B.I. criminal profiler Candice DeLong, who also spent a decade as a psychiatric nurse, examines the case and all the systemic breakdowns that led Bardo straight to Schaeffer.

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Signing on to “The Apprentice” sent Strong’s prep work into overdrive, including studying video of Cohn to learn his “sui generis” voice — a hectoring New York sneer that’s authoritative but rarely loud — and interviewing Cohn profiler Ken Auletta.

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“This guy is one of these almost invisible people that are out there,” former FBI profiler Gregg McCrary told NBC News.

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