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profiling

[ proh-fahy-ling ]

noun

  1. the use of personal characteristics or behavior patterns to make generalizations about a person, as in gender profiling
  2. the use of these characteristics to determine whether a person may be engaged in illegal activity, as in racial profiling


profiling

/ ˈəʊˌڲɪɪŋ /

noun

  1. the practice of categorizing people and predicting their behaviour according to particular characteristics such as race or age

    racial profiling

“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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González: Well, the issue here is that there’s a racial profiling component.

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