DEPUTIZED Synonyms: 11 Similar and Opposite Words

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 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 One source briefed on the matter told CBS News that prosecutors were trying to ascertain whether Pulte and Martin had improperly deputized Bowes and Strauss to assist on the Schiff investigation. —

Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2026 Since late 2025, under new agreements with the Department of Homeland Security, Florida has deputized more than eighteen hundred state troopers to perform federal-immigration functions. —

Edwidge Danticat, New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2026 Under this contract, state and county staff are deputized to act as immigration agents. —

Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 7 Jan. 2026 Now he’s deputized to find the Giants’ next coach? —

Pat Leonard, Hartford Courant, 5 Jan. 2026

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Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, was appointed by a committee of senior Shiite clerics after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the highest authority in the country for more than three decades, was killed in an airstrike, the United States.

— Christine Valora, The Washington Examiner, 8 Mar. 2026
Carlsbad Mayor Keith Blackburn, who was first appointed to the committee 16 years ago, praised SANDAG for the work done so far.

— Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026