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racial profiling

racial profiling noun: the practice (usually considered discreditable), by some police and other officials, of treating members of certain racial groups as more likely to be involved in criminal or other antisocial behavior than members of other racial groups.

Noun

racial profiling (usually uncountable, plural racial profilings)

  1. (usually, public policy) The practice (usually considered discreditable), by some police and other officials, of treating members of certain racial groups as more likely to be involved in criminal or other antisocial behavior than members of other racial groups.
    • This legislation represents a substantial step toward ending an insidious form of discrimination that is plaguing African-American and Hispanic drivers on our roadways — racial profiling.1999, Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 106th Congress, First Session, vol. 145, part 5, p. 6720 (Google preview)
    • A recent report on the Ontario government's safe schools policy in the Toronto district school board addressed the issue of racial profilings in the educational system, especially with regard to the disproportionate impact of suspensions and expulsions on racialized students.2006, Grace-Edward Galabuzi, Canada's Economic Apartheid, →ISBN, page 192

racial profiling meaning in Tamil

racial profiling in Tamil

இனவாரி நடவடிக்கை

Examples of racial profiling in a sentence

  • A special unit of the TSA at Newark Liberty International Airport, trained to detect suspicious behavior, reportedly earned the nickname "Mexican hunters" for racial profiling.2011 June 15, “Quotes of the Day”, in Time, retrieved 10 Sep 2013:
  • A recent campaign by Stockholm police to crack down on illegal immigrants by racial profiling at the city's subway turnstiles has formed the backdrop to a reignited debate about racism.2013 April 2, Sven Hultberg Carlsson, “Does Sweden have a racial profiling problem?”, in Christian Science Monitor, retrieved 10 Sep 2013:

Forms of racial profiling

pluralracial profilings

Questions about racial profiling

What does racial profiling mean?
Racial profiling means the practice (usually considered discreditable), by some police and other officials, of treating members of certain racial groups as more likely to be involved in criminal or other antisocial behavior than members of other racial groups.
What is racial profiling in Tamil?
Racial profiling in Tamil is இனவாரி நடவடிக்கை. See Racial profiling meaning in Tamil.
How do you use racial profiling in a sentence?
A special unit of the TSA at Newark Liberty International Airport, trained to detect suspicious behavior, reportedly earned the nickname "Mexican hunters" for racial profiling.
What part of speech is racial profiling?
Racial profiling is a noun.
What is the plural of racial profiling?
The plural of racial profiling is racial profilings.

Words near racial profiling in the dictionary

  1. racial memory
  2. racial profile
  3. racial profiler
  4. racial profilers
  5. racial profiles
  6. racial profiling
  7. racial profilings
  8. racial purity
  9. racial science
  10. racial sciences
  11. racial spoils

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Adapted from Wiktionary: racial profiling (page history and authors); racial profiling (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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