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RACIAL PROFILING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does racial profiling mean?
• RACIAL PROFILING (noun)
The noun RACIAL PROFILING has 1 sense:
1. a form of racism consisting of the (alleged) policy of policemen who stop and search vehicles driven by persons belonging to particular racial groups
Familiarity information: RACIAL PROFILING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A form of racism consisting of the (alleged) policy of policemen who stop and search vehicles driven by persons belonging to particular racial groups
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("racial profiling" is a kind of...):
racial discrimination; racialism; racism (discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race)
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