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I don't even talk about whether or not racial profiling is legal. I just don't think racial profiling is a particularly good law enforcement tool.
Eric Holder

Meaning of "profiling" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PROFILING

profiling  [ˈprəʊˌfaɪlɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROFILING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Profiling is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PROFILING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Profiling

Profiling, the extrapolation of information about something, based on known qualities, may refer specifically to: ▪ Profiling in information science ▪ DNA profiling ▪ Forensic profiling, used in several types of forensic science ▪ Offender profiling ▪ Profiling in software engineering ▪ Racial profiling ▪ Sexual orientation profiling ▪ Geographic profiling...

Definition of profiling in the English dictionary

The definition of profiling in the dictionary is the practice of categorizing people and predicting their behaviour according to particular characteristics such as race or age.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROFILING


beguiling
bɪˈɡaɪlɪŋ
billing
ˈbɪlɪŋ
drilling
ˈdrɪlɪŋ
failing
ˈfeɪlɪŋ
filing
ˈfaɪlɪŋ
filling
ˈfɪlɪŋ
freestyling
ˈfriːˌstaɪlɪŋ
hypermiling
ˈhaɪpəˌmaɪlɪŋ
killing
ˈkɪlɪŋ
mailing
ˈmeɪlɪŋ
microfiling
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌfaɪlɪŋ
paling
ˈpeɪlɪŋ
piling
ˈpaɪlɪŋ
sailing
ˈseɪlɪŋ
smiling
ˈsmaɪlɪŋ
stockpiling
ˈstɒkˌpaɪlɪŋ
styling
ˈstaɪlɪŋ
tiling
ˈtaɪlɪŋ
unsmiling
ʌnˈsmaɪlɪŋ
willing
ˈwɪlɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROFILING

proficience
proficiency
proficiency test
proficient
proficiently
profile
profile component
profile drag
profiler
profilist
profit
profit and loss
profit and loss account
profit centre
profit margin
profit motive
profit squeeze
profit taking
profit warning
profit-making

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROFILING

ailing
broiling
calling
ceiling
countervailing
Darjiling
glass ceiling
mass mailing
parasailing
plain sailing
prevailing
racial profiling
railing
retailing
roiling
tailing
trailing
unfailing
unveiling
veiling
wailing

Synonyms and antonyms of profiling in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PROFILING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «profiling» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of profiling

Translation of «profiling» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROFILING

Find out the translation of profiling to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of profiling from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «profiling» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

分析
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

perfiles
570 millions of speakers

English

profiling
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रूपरेखा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التنميط
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

профилирование
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

profiling
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রোফাইলিং
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

profilage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Profil
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Profiling
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

プロファイリング
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

프로파일
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Profiling
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hồ sơ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுயவிவரமிடுதலைப்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रोफाइलिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

profilleme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

profiling
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

profilowanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

профілювання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

profilare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προφίλ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

profiele
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

profilering
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

profilering
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of profiling

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROFILING»

The term «profiling» is very widely used and occupies the 22.491 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROFILING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «profiling» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «profiling» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about profiling

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10 QUOTES WITH «PROFILING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word profiling.
1
Joe Arpaio
When we go to court, they are going to have to come up with all the evidence where they are accusing me and my dedicated deputies of racial profiling. It's always easy to throw the race card in there and that's what they're doing in Washington today, that they're concerned about racial profiling.
2
Jan Brewer
I don't think Americans would tolerate profiling.
3
Nicholas A. Christakis
I'm not suggesting that social scientists stop teaching and investigating classic topics like monopoly power, racial profiling and health inequality. But everyone knows that monopoly power is bad for markets, that people are racially biased and that illness is unequally distributed by social class.
4
Daniel Goldstein
When a number of crimes - for instance, burglaries - can be linked to the same offender, police often plot the locations on a map. The art of finding the location of the criminal's home based on the crime sites is a key objective in what is known as geographical profiling.
5
Hill Harper
The best way to protect young black, brown, men of color, women of color, is to actually stop profiling, stop the prejudice, and stop the judgment first.
6
Eric Holder
I don't even talk about whether or not racial profiling is legal. I just don't think racial profiling is a particularly good law enforcement tool.
7
Benjamin Todd Jealous
Racial profiling punishes innocent individuals for the past actions of those who look and sound like them. It misdirects crucial resources and undercuts the trust needed between law enforcement and the communities they serve. It has no place in our national discourse, and no place in our nation's police departments.
8
Judge Mills Lane
I think racial profiling is wrong. It cannot be defended. It's just flat wrong. And if a matter came before me, and it could be established that the arrest was made strictly on racial profiling, when I was on the bench, it would be gone.
9
Stephen Lang
I don't want to, in any way, characterize a race or a people or get accused of racial profiling, but the Irish, as lyrical and romantic as they can be in their poetry, they can be every bit as repressed in their personal relations.
10
Wen Ho Lee
I feel that racial profiling may be a very complicated and long-standing problem. It will take a long time even to make tiny progress.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROFILING»

Discover the use of profiling in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to profiling and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Racial Profiling: Research, Racism, and Resistance
To demonstrate the often subtle workings of race and the law in the post-Civil Rights era, the book includes examination of the 1996 U.S. Supreme Court's Whren decision-a judicial pronouncement that allows pretextual action by law ...
Karen S. Glover, 2009
2
Body Language: And Behavioral Profiling
In this book, body language signals and signs are broken down into understandable topics backed by authoritative sources. Practical pointers help readers to adopt better image and self-presentation skills.
Mark H. Ford, 2010
3
Racial Profiling: Issues, Data, and Analyses
In this book, racial profiling is defined as the practice of targeting individuals for police or security interdiction, detention, or other disparate treatment based primarily on their race, ethnicity, or national origin in the belief that ...
Steven J. Muffler, 2006
4
Criminal Profiling: An Introduction to Behavioral Evidence ...
Best-selling author Brent Turvey defines the deductive profiling method, which focuses on examining the nature and behavior of criminals in order to solve crimes Contributing authors represent law enforcement, academic, mental health, and ...
Brent E. Turvey, 2011
5
Geographic Profiling
Geographic Profiling introduces and explains this cutting-edge investigative methodology in-depth.
D. Kim Rossmo, 1999
6
Racial Profiling
"Focuses on the debate surrounding racial profiling in the United States--including a historical look at criminal profiles and U.S. government initiatives like Japanese-American internment during WWII through to the modern anti-terrorist ...
Deborah Kops, 2006
7
Offender Profiling in the Courtroom: The Use and Abuse of ...
This volume examines the use of offender profiling and expert witnesses in criminal court cases.
Norbert Ebisike, 2008
8
Racial Profiling: They Stopped Me Because I'm ------------!
Purpose of the Book This book is about racial profiling or, as many now call it, biased-based policing. The overarching purpose of this book is to describe how racial minority citizens experience racial profiling, and how they interpret and give ...
Michael L. Birzer, 2013
9
Criminal Profiling: International Theory, Research, and Practice
The material canvassed throughout this text not only examines research and theoretical principles for the assessment of crimes, but extends to exploring the range of issues facing the theoretical development of criminal profiling and its ...
Richard N. Kocsis, 2007
10
Racial Profiling in Law Enforcement and Its Effects on ...
Racial profiling in policing is a very controversial issue.
Rebekah M. Thompson, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROFILING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term profiling is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Biometric behavioural profiling: Fighting that password you simply …
Profiling technologies from firms such as BehavioSec and KeyTrac can improve security when added to a banking site, where they offer the ... «The Register, Jul 15»
2
DNA profiling Bill triggers debate
Will India's DNA profiling Bill affect the future of these individuals? Will criminal history, credentials of which could be questionable, be linked to ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
3
Bacteria in gut profiling secret to healthy weight
“Gut profiling” is the new weapon of the super-slim, a means of telling whether there's more to losing weight than meets the eye. If fasting has ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
4
Snoop Dogg Claims Racial Profiling in Arrest for Drugs
Snoop Dizzle ain't returning to Swe-Dizzle following an arrest in which the rapper alleged racial profiling. Snoop Dogg, real name Calvin ... «TV Guide, Jul 15»
5
Lawyers chime in on feds' bid to join racial profiling suit
PHOENIX (AP) - The attorneys who have pressed a racial profiling lawsuit against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio say they won't oppose ... «Tucson News Now, Jul 15»
6
New England Patriots kick-off in 44 days: Profiling No. 44 Matthew …
Because today marks 44 days until the New England Patriots open 2015, we are profiling No. 44, rookie linebacker Matthew Wells. Taken by ... «Musket Fire, Jul 15»
7
Eastleigh residents support US President's remarks on ethnic …
Residents of Eastleigh area in Nairobi have supported us president Barack Obama's remarks against ethnic profiling in the fight against terror. «The Standard Digital News, Jul 15»
8
New England Patriots kick-off in 45 days: profiling No. 45 D.J. Lynch
Because today marks 45 days until the New England Patriots open 2015, we are profiling No. 45, rookie linebacker D.J. Lynch. Signed by the ... «Musket Fire, Jul 15»
9
Snoop Dogg calls his brief arrest 'racial profiling' by Swedish police
New Delhi, July 27 (ANI): Condemning the Gurdaspur terror attacks on Monday, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Anurag ... «CanIndia News, Jul 15»
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Swedish 'Idol' Judge Alexander Bard: Snoop Dogg's Arrest Was …
“This arrest was not racial profiling, which is an American [phenomenon] but not a Swedish phenomenon. But it was clearly a case of celebrity ... «Billboard, Jul 15»

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