bird-dog (BERD-dawg)

Definition

(Verb)

1. to watch closely

2. to seek out : follow, detect

In Context

“Also in line for a guaranteed budget is the new deputy inspector general for public safety charged with auditing police practices, identifying troubling trends, recommending changes to the police contract and bird-dogging the new multi-tiered accountability system.”

Fran Spielman, The Chicago Sun-Times, 4 Oct. 2016