vetting

English

Verb

vetting

1. present participle and gerund of vet

Noun

vetting (plural vettings)

1. A checking or investigation.
   • 2003, Jean-Paul Brodeur, Peter Gill, Dennis Töllborg, Democracy, Law, and Security:

     The Military Intelligence Service in 1997 carried out nearly 18,000 security vettings, which resulted in 43 applicants being turned down because of a criminal record.

Derived terms

• crowd vetting

 

Translations

checking or investigation

• Armenian: վեթինգ (vetʻing)
• French: investigation (fr) f, vérification (fr) f
• German: Überprüfung (de) f, Check (de) m, Untersuchung (de) f
• Spanish: investigación (es) f, escrutinio (es) m, verificación (es) f, chequeo (es) m