profiling
Pronunciation: /ˈprəʊfʌɪlɪŋ/
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Definition of profiling
noun
- the recording and analysis of a person’s psychological and behavioural characteristics, so as to assess or predict their capabilities in a certain sphere or to assist in identifying categories of people: we put everyone through psychometric profiling the police are building up a comprehensive system of offender profiling to assist in the hunt for murderers and rapists