Synonyms for watchdog
ˈwɒtʃˌdɔg, -ˌdɒgwatch·dog

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1. watchdognoun

   a guardian or defender against theft or illegal practices or waste

   "she is the global watchdog for human rights abuses"

   Synonyms:
   guard dog

2. watchdog, guard dognoun

   a dog trained to guard property

   Synonyms:
   guard dog

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1. • Defender
   • Working Dog

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1. List of paraphrases for "watchdog":

   guardian, monitoring, bloodhound, surveillance, oversight, vigilance

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How to use watchdog in a sentence?

1. Ed Markey:

   One of your companies is under an FTC consent decree, auto safety watchdog NHTSA is investigating another for killing people. And you’re spending your time picking fights online. Fix your companies. Or Congress will.

2. Charlotte Slaiman:

   FUTURISTIC FLYING CAR HOVERS ABOUT THE GROUND FOR ABOUT A MINUTE Big Tech firms could face stiff penalties under a new bill. APPLE ENDS PRACTICE OF SIRI CONTRACTORS LISTENING IN ON USERS Attorney General William Barrs Justice Department has opened a broad antitrust inquiry into potentially anti-competitive behavior from Amazon, Google and Facebook. Without the discipline of meaningful market-based competition, digital platforms may act in ways that are not responsive to consumer demands, Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim of the Antitrust Division said in a previously released statement. The Departments antitrust review will explore these important issues. According to the Democratic senators, their legistation has the backing of several consumer watchdog and antitrust policy groups. Senator Klobuchars legislation will put new teeth into our antitrust laws by empowering enforcers and courts to impose significant financial penalties when a corporation abuses its dominance in the marketplace.

3. Emily Thornberry:

   That arrogant refusal to account to parliament and the public is simply unacceptable, it is high time that the National Audit Office (the public spending watchdog) and the Public Accounts Committee conducted full investigations into the costs and management of the Successor program, and forced the Ministry of Defense to start answering the legitimate questions they are being asked.

4. Rob Leathern:

   We’re greatly encouraged by trends and insights watchdog groups, publishers and academics have unearthed since the archive launched in May, we believe this deeper analysis will increase accountability for both Facebook and advertisers.

5. Marek Belka:

   Anyway, (financial watchdog) KNF is going in that direction, when it forbids some banks from paying out dividends, thus strengthening (their) capital base and ability to cover losses, as a consequence, banks will have to save (in preparation) for worse times.