deputized

verb

past tense of deputize
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 The agency is proposing to subsidize liability insurance for state and local officers who are trained and deputized to enforce federal immigration laws, according to a planning document published Friday. — ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026 Under a task force agreement, a version of 287(g) that Walton County signed onto last year, officers are deputized to perform specific types of immigration enforcement in the field. — Marisa Peñaloza, NPR, 14 Aug. 2026 They were accompanied by armed miners whom Testerman had deputized for support. — Elijah Tanall, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026 Police Chief Dan Ferrell said more than 100 Cobb County police officers have been deputized through the Cobb County Sheriff's Office to continue providing police services in Mableton. — Emily McLeod, CBS News, 16 June 2026 Under the program, some police officers are deputized to carry out some immigration enforcement actions. — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026 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. — 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deputized
  1. appointed
  2. delegated
  3. commissioned
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  • In 2023, at age 38, he had been appointed to a professorship in sociology of education at the University of Cambridge, becoming the youngest Black professor in the institution’s 800-year history.
    — Roger J. Kreuz, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Glasner sought the advice of former Forest midfielder Andy Reid — who has been appointed as the head of football development this summer — to ask which of the young players were ready to be involved in Portugal.
    — Paul Taylor, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of appointed
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  • Critics of consolidating pretrial under probation units say that law enforcement officers should not be delegated to deal with presumably innocent clients.
    — Evelyn Ronan, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Once again, the brand delegated cultural authority rather than dictating it from on high.
    — Michelle Bruton, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of delegated
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  • Both are commissioned for Korean broadcasters first, though Yang says conversations with international platforms and distributors are already happening in parallel.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026
  • That’s according to a May 2026 survey of 1,003 full-time US professional workers commissioned by Software Finder.
    — Barnaby Lashbrooke, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of commissioned

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“Deputized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deputized. Accessed 25 Aug. 2026.

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