"background check" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: background checks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} background check (plural background checks)
  1. (business, law) A report on a person’s legal and criminal personal history. Wikipedia link: background check Categories (topical): Business, Law Synonyms: background investigation Translations (report on a person): 背景调查 (Chinese Mandarin), בדיקת רקע (Hebrew), bakgrunnssjekk (Norwegian), verificação de antecedentes [feminine] (Portuguese), verificación de antecedentes [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-background_check-en-noun-gBLcWmLv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: business, law

Inflected forms

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