scrutineer

UK /ˈskɹuː.tɪn.ɪə(ɹ)/ US /ˈskɹuː.tɪn.ɪə(ɹ)/
noun 3verb 1

Definitions

noun

1

A person who scrutinises; a person responsible for scrutineering.

Those people coined the term “open source,” to stress the instrumental benefits of allowing others to scrutinize code: these scrutineers could root out defects and prevent the nefarious subversion of code to spy on or steal data from its users (there’s a saying for this, too: “with enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow”).

2

A poll-watcher.

3

A person who observes any process which requires rigorous oversight.

verb

1

To scrutinise; to thoroughly check that an election is being run fairly, or that a vehicle meets the rules of a competition, etc.

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