A process of exhaustive inquiry into the background and character of a candidate for a civil service post that involves access to secret material.
〈英〉（对文职部门应聘人员的）全面审查
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The idea is to create an easily-recognisable ‘positive vetting’ scheme through which the protection of children and vulnerable people from potential abusers is bolstered.
No less significant were the impact of the Cambridge spies and the subsequent introduction of positive vetting, controversial for practical and political personal-privacy reasons.