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
But that makes Buzz feel unappreciated and the two friends soon clash over who has been deputized to save the day.
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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
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
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deputized
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Burnard and O’Shaughnessy point out that, whereas Britain regularly sent nobles to govern the Caribbean colonies—and dukes and earls to Ireland—the men appointed to administer the thirteen colonies more often lacked titles and were paid less.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Sale recalled that King appointed him to serve on a national committee dedicated to improving the level of advocacy in federal courts.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
3 May 2026
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That is why the key question is no longer which jobs disappear, but which tasks and workflows are being delegated—and where humans still retain a comparative advantage.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Fire delegated the effort of digestion from belly to boiling pot.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
22 Apr. 2026
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That’s all we were commissioned to do and that is now done.—
K.J. Yossman,
Variety,
7 May 2026
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All of this has increased the candidate’s profile significantly; a recent poll commissioned by Bores had him within a few points of Schlossberg.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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“Deputized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deputized. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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