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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

/ ˈprəʊˌfaɪlɪŋ /

noun

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

    racial profiling



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First on the to-do list, the profiling exercises to help the Western masses understand the nature of the wretched beast.

Right-wing columnists call for Eric Holder to launch a full-scale federal investigation on racial profiling at the White House.

Real-world profilers have to be careful, and are, not to indulge in facile ethnic, racial or religious “profiling.”

As fears of the virus hitting Europe intensify, health officials warn that paranoia and racial profiling may grow, as well.

We have been the target of widespread profiling and surveillance by the NYPD simply because of our faith.

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