criminal background

collocation in English

meaningsofcriminalandbackground

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criminal
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈkrɪm.ɪ.nəl/us
/ˈkrɪm.ə.nəl/
relating ...
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background
noun
uk
/ˈbæk.ɡraʊnd/us
/ˈbæk.ɡraʊnd/
the things that can be seen behind the main things or people in ...
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(Definition ofcriminalandbackgroundfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcriminal background

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There will be others who have acriminalbackground.
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There must be boys of whom certain facts are known, of theircriminalbackground, or whatever it may be.
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Nearly 500,000 checks were made last year on thecriminalbackgroundof those who work closely with children.
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Legislation is the only way to ensure that such problems do not occur and that no bouncer has acriminalbackground.
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Furthermore, all independent schools are provided with relevant information on how to conductcriminalbackgroundchecks on staff who will have access to children.
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If an asylum seeker is in the country and has a seriouscriminalbackground, we may well not know about it.
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The aim which these instruments have in common is to create structures to ensure that details on someone'scriminalbackgroundare available generally and readily.
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Inquiries are made about his social circumstances and hiscriminalbackground, and he is interviewed by the chaplain and the probation officers.
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Among its more-contentious recommendations was one calling forcriminalbackgroundchecks for applicants.
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Those checks consisted ofcriminalbackgroundchecks, drug testing, psychological assessments, and identity verification.
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The group was intentionally selected to exclude those withcriminalbackground, psychological impairments or medical problems.
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Data sources include property and mortgage information, motor vehicle records,criminalbackgroundrecords and tax records.
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The fingerprints he left on his wineglass at dinner confirm his identity andcriminalbackground.
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This license may include acriminalbackgroundcheck or mandated training requirements.
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In most cities, before being admitted into the academy one must pass acriminalbackgroundcheck.
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Increases criminal penalties for serious recordkeeping violations and violations ofcriminalbackgroundcheck requirements.
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A leader, typically an older member with a more extensivecriminalbackground, runs each set.
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These systems can check against blacklists, runcriminalbackgroundchecks, and print access badges for visitors.
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Special registration deputies would also be required to have acriminalbackgroundcheck.
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Criminalbackgroundchecks and psychological evaluations are required for all applicants.
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However, there is a risk that all the good that was done by their training might be undone by their returning home to acriminalbackground.
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To find someone who is likely to indulge in criminal behaviour does not simply mean looking for broken families or for families with acriminalbackground.
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It was the kind of effect that made you think that they really wanted to get better, to help and to leave behind theircriminalbackground.
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He claimed to have withheld this information because he felt the police wouldn't believe him due to hiscriminalbackground.
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Suspended state services included driving tests, childcare assistance, senior and disability linkage lines,criminalbackgroundchecks, and road construction.
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