profiling
profiling noun: the forensic science of constructing an outline of a person's individual characteristics. Also the present participle and gerund of profile.
Noun
profiling (usually uncountable, plural 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."2019, Malcolm Gladwell, Talking to Strangers
- 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.
Also used as
profiling is also the present participle and gerund of profile.
profiling meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
profiling in Hindi
- प्रोफाइलिंग, प्रोफाइलींग
profiling in Tamil
- சுயவிவரப்படுத்தல்
profiling in Marathi
- प्रोफाइलिंग, प्रोफाईलिंग
profiling in Urdu
- پروفائلنگ, پروفایلنگ
More languagesFewer languages
- profiling in Bengali
- প্রোফাইলিং, প্রোফাইলিঙ্গ, প্রফাইলিং
- profiling in Telugu
- ప్రొఫైలింగ్, ప్రొఫైలింగు, ప్రోఫైలింగ్
- profiling in Malayalam
- പ്രൊഫൈലിംഗ്, പ്രൊഫൈലിങ്, പ്രോഫൈലിംഗ്
- profiling in Kannada
- ಪ್ರೊಫೈಲಿಂಗ್
- profiling in Punjabi
- ਪ੍ਰੋਫਾਈਲਿੰਗ, ਪਰੋਫਾਈਲਿੰਗ, ਪ੍ਰੋਫਾਇਲਿੰਗ
- profiling in Gujarati
- પ્રોફાઇલિંગ, પ્રોફાઇલીંગ
- profiling in Odia
- ପ୍ରୋଫାଇଲିଂ, ପ୍ରୋଫାଇଲିଙ୍ଗ, ପ୍ରୋଫାଇଲିଙ୍ଗ୍
- profiling in Nepali
- प्रोफाइलिंग, प्रोफाइलिङ, प्रोफाइलिङ्
- profiling in Indonesian
- pemrofilan
Examples of profiling in a sentence
- Article 20 of the "General Data Protection Regulation” concerns immunity from automated profiling except under specified circumstances.
- There is an analogy between how profiling and perspectivalization work and the way the original Minskyan frames work.
- The book The Men with the Pink Triangles, profiling the lives of gay prisoners in the German concentration camp.
Forms of profiling
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Phrases with profiling
Questions about profiling
- What does profiling mean?
- Profiling means the forensic science of constructing an outline of a person's individual characteristics.
- What is profiling in Hindi?
- Profiling in Hindi is प्रोफाइलिंग, प्रोफाइलींग. See Profiling meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is profiling?
- Profiling is a noun.
- What is the plural of profiling?
- The plural of profiling is profilings.
Words near profiling in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: profiling (page history and authors); profiling (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); profiling (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); profiling (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); profiling (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); profiling (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); profiling (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); profiling (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); profiling (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); profiling (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); profiling (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); profiling (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); profiling (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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