A background check is an examination of a person's history. Run a background check, pass the background check.
It covers convictions, employment and sometimes finances, since debt is treated as a risk. A background check finds inconsistencies more often than it finds anything actually hidden.
1nounbackground checkAn examination of a person's history.
“The background check turned up a job he had left off the form.”
background check is a check.
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