watchdog

Noun

 * 1) A guard dog.
 * 2)  An individual or group that monitors the activities of another entity (such as an individual, corporation, non-profit group, or governmental organization) on behalf of the public to ensure that entity does not behave illegally or unethically.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 監視人, 監管機構
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 監視委員会, 監視者, 監視人
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, organism de control
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: tillsynsorgan, ,  , vakthund, ,  , övervakningsorgan

Verb

 * 1) To perform a function analogous to that of a watchdog; to guard and warn.
 * 2)  To be continuously reset by a watchdog timer.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:, olla vartiossa