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profilare

to profile

verb proh-fee-LAH-reh Rare

Also means

to outline

Usage Note

Profilare covers criminal profiling (profilare un sospettato), data profiling in tech, and—in design—drawing a profile or outline. The reflexive profilarsi means 'to take shape' or 'to loom on the horizon' (si profila una crisi, a crisis is looming), which is a very common figurative use.

Examples

"Gli investigatori hanno iniziato a profilare il sospettato."

Natural Translation

The investigators started to profile the suspect.

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