English Rewind - News Words: Watchdog

???? When is a person a dog - and what does a watchdog do? In this archive episode of News Words we guide you through some real English language news stories featuring the word 'watchdog' to improve your English news vocabulary knowledge AND practise your English listening. Do you have a story about a watchdog? Tell us here! ????????????

Related vocabulary:
✔️ to regulate - to control an industry by using rules
✔️ to oversee - to watch or check something to make sure it behaves properly and does what it is supposed to do
✔️ a monitor - an organisation or person who checks that something is being done fairly and correctly
✔️ wrongdoing - behaviour or action that is illegal

Example sentences:
???? A Renault advert has been banned in the UK by a watchdog after the car firm claimed it was reducing CO2 emissions using French electricity figures. (BBC News)
???? When news broke that Goldman Sachs had been charged with fraud by the US financial watchdog, its shares plunged, wiping about $11bn (£7.1bn) off the value of Wall Street's most famous shop. (BBC Business News)

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English Rewind is a collection of programmes from the BBC Learning English archive. This episode of News Words was first published on the BBC Learning English website in November 2009.

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