Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To verify by comparing with parallel or supplementary data.
- transitive verb Sports To check (a player) illegally in ice hockey or lacrosse by striking an opponent with the part of the stick that is between the hands.
- noun The act of crosschecking.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun ice hockey A
penalty . - noun lacrosse A
penalty where a player hits another player with theshaft of theirlacrosse stick with their hands spread apart. - verb lacrosse To hit another player with the
shaft of alacrosse stick . - verb To
re-examine ; todouble-check .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an instance of confirming something by considering information from several sources
- noun an illegal check (chopping at an opponent's arms or stick)
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Examples
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"While the briefings provided me with a helpful update on what was happening on the ground, I knew that I would have to crosscheck their assessment by talking to other military officials, diplomatic officials, outside experts and troops in the field, and I always raise skeptical questions when discussing this topic."
2Chambers: Levin -- Pentagon must investigate psy-ops charges 2011
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"While the briefings provided me with a helpful update on what was happening on the ground, I knew that I would have to crosscheck their assessment by talking to other military officials, diplomatic officials, outside experts and troops in the field, and I always raise skeptical questions when discussing this topic."
Army general in Afghanistan accused of ordering psychological tactics on members of Congress 2011
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At the point of mentioning Khwaja, the caller identifies himself as someone from the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), based in South Waziristan, and indicates that he needs the information to crosscheck the abducted Khwaja and use it for his execution.
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I still have to do a final crosscheck but then I should be able to cascade forward and find my final bottomline.
Bring Peter Watts to Aussiecon 4 Campaign girliejones 2010
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Mir also repeatedly asks the caller to crosscheck Khawaja for his contacts with the CIA and being an agent of the international network of Ahmadiyya; and says that in his opinion Qadiyanis (the Ahmadiyya) are 'worse than kafirs (the non-believers),' thus encouraging the militant commander to kill him.
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TOM HARKIN (D), IOWA: It is both about coverage and cost, because we believe, you know, with a public-option plan, that will act as a crosscheck on the insurance companies.
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The observers crosscheck those who have voted off of a list of persons previously identified as likely supporters and communicate the results to the headquarters, enabling the party to determine which supporters haven't voted and direct efforts towards them to encourage them to vote.
NH Attorney Twomey's Statement to Congress re: Phone Jamming Election Crime Etc. 2008
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What was also worrying was that the list of voters was handwritten with nothing how to crosscheck from the main list.
Now the NDC Cries Foul Over Irregularities in Ghana Run-off Special Voting. 2008
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That enormous logistical inconvenience guaranteed that few people beyond private eyes and document retrieval companies -- working for paying clients -- would crosscheck and ferret out the revealing information public records yield.
Kathy McManus: Little-Understood Responsibilities in Navigating Online Criminal Records 2008
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They don't seem to realize we can crosscheck their statements.
CBS's Spoiled Poodle Dean Reynolds Bites Obama-- Reports his Plane Smells 2008
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