FACIAL PROFILING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does facial profiling mean? 

• FACIAL PROFILING (noun)
  The noun FACIAL PROFILING has 1 sense:

1. identification of criminals and terrorist by means of videotapes of their faces

  Familiarity information: FACIAL PROFILING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FACIAL PROFILING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Identification of criminals and terrorist by means of videotapes of their faces

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

facial profiling is a new form of airport security

Hypernyms ("facial profiling" is a kind of...):

identification (evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing)

Domain category:

act of terrorism; terrorism; terrorist act (the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear)