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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