bodyguard

noun

1. A person or group of persons, often armed, responsible for protecting someone.

verb

1. (transitive)To act as bodyguard for (someone).
2. (figuratively, transitive)To protect (someone or something).

   “The same report, on a news page and not bodyguarded by any news analysis warning, goes on to say that repeated discoveries of cheating and covert activity mean that the credibility of Iran has been harmed.”