as in to appoint
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 deputize But with the recent news of universities signing on to 287(g) collaborative agreements with ICE, which will deputize university police to act as immigration agents, TheDream. Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 19 Apr. 2025 Under a separate agreement between Texas and the Trump administration, some National Guard soldiers have recently been deputized to carry out immigration arrests. Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025 However, the move to deputize private security officers, who are not sworn law enforcement officials, is considered unorthodox, raising eyebrows among officials familiar with the move. Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2025 The proposal would test federal supremacy over immigration matters by deputizing local police and giving local judges authority to issue deportation orders, the Statesman reported. Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 28 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for deputize
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  • In 2000, he was appointed NYPD commissioner by Giuliani.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2025
  • Later, as mayor, Giuliani appointed him to head the New York City Department of Corrections in 1998.
    Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 30 May 2025
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  • Be Proactive Employees at every level will need to get comfortable delegating routine tasks to AI—and some will be more receptive than others.
    Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
  • On Wednesday, the U.S. Court of International Trade struck down Trump's tariffs ruling that his effort exceeds any tariff authority delegated to the president.
    ABC News, ABC News, 1 June 2025

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“Deputize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deputize. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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