deputize
verb
dep·u·tize
ˈde-pyə-ˌtīz 
deputized; deputizing
: to appoint as deputy
: to act as deputy
Examples of deputize in a Sentence
I deputize for the newspaper's editor on the weekends.
he deputized a local citizen to take charge of the situation while he went for reinforcements
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Trump has tried to deputize the FCC into policing online speech before.
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Makena Kelly, WIRED, 20 Nov. 2024
In the fifth inning of the first game of the 1977 World Series, Major League Baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn deputized his second-in-command to tell me the press pass giving me access to the teams’ locker rooms was useless.
—Melissa Ludtke, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
There had been reports of other fish species following sea robins around, perhaps deputizing the legged fish as scouts to track down out-of-sight prey.
—Gary Stix, Scientific American, 26 Sep. 2024
City officials deputized members of a white mob who randomly shot and killed innocent Black residents.
—Axios, 1 Oct. 2024
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Makena Kelly, WIRED, 20 Nov. 2024
In the fifth inning of the first game of the 1977 World Series, Major League Baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn deputized his second-in-command to tell me the press pass giving me access to the teams’ locker rooms was useless.
—Melissa Ludtke, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
There had been reports of other fish species following sea robins around, perhaps deputizing the legged fish as scouts to track down out-of-sight prey.
—Gary Stix, Scientific American, 26 Sep. 2024
City officials deputized members of a white mob who randomly shot and killed innocent Black residents.
—Axios, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Deputize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deputize. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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deputize
verb
dep·u·tize
ˈdep-yə-ˌtīz
deputized; deputizing
1
: to appoint as deputy
2
: to act as deputy
Legal Definition
deputize
verb
dep·u·tize
ˈde-pyə-ˌtīz
deputized; deputizing
: to appoint as deputy
: to act as deputy
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