A person who analyzes information to create a profile or pattern, often used in criminal investigation to identify suspects.
From 'profile' (from Italian 'profilo' meaning 'outline') combined with '-er' (one who does); 'profile' originally meant a side view or outline.
Criminal profilers emerged as a science during the FBI's hunt for serial killers—they revolutionized police work by analyzing behavior patterns instead of just evidence, essentially reading a killer's mind from their crimes.
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