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

describe (a person or organization) in a short article

he was to profile a backbench MP

represent in outline from one side

he was standing motionless, profiled on the far side of the swimming pool