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What is "vetting"

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
vetting

1918, verbal noun from vet (v.).

Wiktionary
vetting

n. A checking or investigation. vb. (present participle of vet English)

WordNet
vet

  1. n. a doctor who practices veterinary medicine [syn: veterinarian, veterinary, veterinary surgeon]

  2. a person who has served in the armed forces [syn: veteran, ex-serviceman]

  3. [also: vetting, vetted]

vet

  1. v. work as a veterinarian; "She vetted for the farms in the area for many years"

  2. examine carefully; "Someone should vet this report before it goes out"

  3. provide (a person) with medical care

  4. provide veterinary care for

  5. [also: vetting, vetted]

vetting

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Wikipedia
Vetting

Vetting is the process of performing a background check on someone before offering them employment, conferring an award, etc. A prospective person or project may be vetted before making a hiring decision. In addition, in intelligence gathering, assets are vetted to determine their usefulness.

Usage examples of "vetting".

Anyway, it would be a relief to do a bit of real vetting for a change.

Financial Branch, the Motor Transport and General Stores Section plus the Security Vetting and Technical Services Division.

Normally, only the DG, his deputy and the officer in charge of the Positive Vetting and Technical Services Division were allowed to see the file.

Landon was pretty sure the SAS officer had been cleared by positive vetting for constant access to top secret material.

I told him that nothing to that effect had shown up when he was screened by our Positive Vetting and Technical Services division.

Although he had informed the Positive Vetting and Technical Services Division of his change of address, no mention had been made of his account with the NatWest.

Positive Vetting and Technical Services Division kept under lock and key.

Sam Levy had any kind of security clearance that would satisfy the Positive Vetting and Technical Services Division at Vauxhall Cross.

The thrust of CCD policy, however, was to weaken socialist, communist, and Marxist influence by example, through the harassment and vetting of the most influential and prestigious purveyors of such views.

Company, in fact, had provided Manny with a cover identity and backstopped it so he could pass any but the most exhaustive vetting.

Paul was actually an attempt to get his songs on to albums without the usual democratic vetting by the others, as the conversation between John and Paul recorded by Anthony Fawcett in September 1969 reveals.

During this period Dedalus let his vetting staff go along with some bean counters and secretaries.