facial profiling

English Thesaurus

1. identification of criminals and terrorist by means of videotapes of their faces (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	identification,
definition	:	evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing (noun.communication)

domain category	:	act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act,
definition	:	the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear (noun.act)