background-check

verb

To administer or execute a report on a person’s legal and criminal personal history.

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Meanings

verbbackground-check (third-person singular simple present background-checks, present participle background-checking, simple past and past participle background-checked)

present singular third person background-checks · participle present background-checking · participle past background-checked · past background-checked

  1. informaltransitiveTo administer or execute a report on a person’s legal and criminal personal history.
Cite this entry
APA

background-check. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/background-check

MLA

“background-check.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/background-check. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “background-check,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/background-check.

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