racial profiling

1. 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

   Broaderracism

Questions about racial profiling

What does racial profiling mean?

racial profiling means "a form of racism consisting of the (alleged) policy of policemen who stop and search vehicles driven by persons belonging to particular racial groups".

Is racial profiling a common word?

racial profiling is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.