crosscheck

A noun referring to an act of verifying or confirming information by consulting multiple sources, or in sports, an illegal move where a player uses the shaft of their stick to hit an opponent.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant l'action de vérifier ou de confirmer une information à l'aide de plusieurs sources, ou, dans le sport, un geste illégal où un joueur frappe un adversaire avec le manche de son bâton.

1. Verification process B2 formal

   An instance of confirming something by considering information from several sources.

   • The accountant performed a crosscheck of the financial records.
   • A crosscheck of the data revealed several inconsistencies.
   • The editor did a crosscheck of the facts before publication.

   🇫🇷Recoupement

   Synonymes: checkconfirmationcorroborationcross-referencedouble-checkvalidationverification

2. Illegal hockey move C1 formal sport

   An illegal check in ice hockey where a player uses the shaft of their stick to chop at an opponent's arms or stick.

   • The referee called a penalty for a crosscheck to the opponent's arm.
   • He was suspended for a dangerous crosscheck during the game.
   • The player received a two-minute penalty for crosschecking.

   🇫🇷crosse au hockey sur glace

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