as in appointed
to appoint as one's representative
he deputized a local citizen to take charge of the situation while he went for reinforcements
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Recent Examples of deputized
With law enforcement agencies deputized under state law to perform limited immigration enforcement, many times such arrests start with a traffic stop or some other routine interaction with authorities.
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Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 May 2026
But that makes Buzz feel unappreciated and the two friends soon clash over who has been deputized to save the day.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
The legislation would shield agencies and individual officers from civil liability while deputized on behalf of ICE, requiring the attorney general’s office to represent local agents and officers implicated in civil rights lawsuits stemming from ICE action.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2026
Just months earlier, in a September 2024 audit report, the Justice Department’s inspector general found that the service had deputized people who were ineligible and had deputized others for questionable purposes.
—David Ingram, NBC news, 6 Apr. 2026
If the answer was anything other than the United States, local officers deputized with special federal authority launched an investigation into whether the person was in the country illegally.
—David A. Lieb, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
The state-level agreements, signed by Stitt on February 18 and 25, deputized the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation, Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics, and Oklahoma Department of Corrections.
—Ben Fenwick, Oklahoma Watch, 12 Feb. 2026
Florida Highway Patrol, which is deputized to do immigration enforcement, conducting an arrest while refusing to say why, violently arresting a family member for daring to ask why the arrest is happening, and threatening to arrest a bystander in a public street who is filming.
—Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2026
Much attention goes to the NFL’s overseas games, but the league has also deputized its teams to help spread the sport in other international markets.
—Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 3 Feb. 2026
Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 May 2026
But that makes Buzz feel unappreciated and the two friends soon clash over who has been deputized to save the day.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
The legislation would shield agencies and individual officers from civil liability while deputized on behalf of ICE, requiring the attorney general’s office to represent local agents and officers implicated in civil rights lawsuits stemming from ICE action.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2026
Just months earlier, in a September 2024 audit report, the Justice Department’s inspector general found that the service had deputized people who were ineligible and had deputized others for questionable purposes.
—David Ingram, NBC news, 6 Apr. 2026
If the answer was anything other than the United States, local officers deputized with special federal authority launched an investigation into whether the person was in the country illegally.
—David A. Lieb, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
The state-level agreements, signed by Stitt on February 18 and 25, deputized the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation, Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics, and Oklahoma Department of Corrections.
—Ben Fenwick, Oklahoma Watch, 12 Feb. 2026
Florida Highway Patrol, which is deputized to do immigration enforcement, conducting an arrest while refusing to say why, violently arresting a family member for daring to ask why the arrest is happening, and threatening to arrest a bystander in a public street who is filming.
—Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2026
Much attention goes to the NFL’s overseas games, but the league has also deputized its teams to help spread the sport in other international markets.
—Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 3 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deputized
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Kennedy appointed eight new members, including some who have been skeptical about vaccines.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
16 May 2026
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Club icon Martin O’Neill was twice appointed as interim manager and, at the age of 74, this was his fourth league title with the team - coming 22 years after his previous one.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 May 2026
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That level of judgment cannot be delegated.—
Marcus Balzereit,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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In too many corporations, AI strategy is delegated to a chief AI officer or an innovation lab, organizational constructs designed to signal progress without disturbing the existing power structure.—
Drew Cukor,
Fortune,
11 May 2026
Verb
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The center, which opened in 1915, was originally commissioned by renowned La Jolla philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps and designed by famed architect Irving Gill.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 May 2026
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But a number of experts, including those commissioned by a United Nations body, have said that Israel’s offensive in Gaza amounts to genocide.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 May 2026
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“Deputized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deputized. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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