crosscheck

English Thesaurus

1. an illegal check (chopping at an opponent's arms or stick) (noun.act)

hypernym	:	check,
definition	:	obstructing an opponent in ice hockey (noun.act)

2. an instance of confirming something by considering information from several sources (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	check, confirmation, substantiation, verification,
definition	:	additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct (noun.cognition)