A background check or background investigation is the process of looking up and compiling criminal records, commercial records and financial records of an individual or an organization.
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Famous quotes containing the words background and/or check:
“They were more than hostile. In the first place, I was a south Georgian and I was looked upon as a fiscal conservative, and the Atlanta newspapers quite erroneously, because they didn’t know anything about me or my background here in Plains, decided that I was also a racial conservative.”
—Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.)
“When you go out, check the look of the sky; when you come in, check the looks on people’s faces.”
—Chinese proverb.