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 College leaders are mulling plans to deputize campus security and apply stricter rules on student conduct and speech, in an attempt to avoid allegations of antisemitism and Islamophobia that have dogged campuses since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2024 Volunteer instructors were deputized to do most of the classroom instruction, with administrative help from agency staff. Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 31 July 2024 Immigration Biden in 2021 had deputized Harris to oversee and solve the root causes of migration from Latin American countries. Chad De Guzman, TIME, 22 July 2024 The President would have to deputize federal troops to carry out the job, because there wouldn’t be enough agents at the Department of Homeland Security to do it. Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for deputize 

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“Deputize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deputize. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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