The phrase "authorized against" is not commonly used in written English and may be confusing.
It could be used in contexts where someone is given permission to act in opposition to something or someone, but it is not standard phrasing.
Example: "The committee was authorized against any unauthorized access to the data."
Alternatives: "authorized to oppose" or "granted authority against".
Different exploits are authorized against different targets, depending on the value of the target, the target's technical sophistication, the value of the exploit, and other considerations.
Though Louis kept some secrets from her, and occasionally ignored her advice, there was virtually no high commission, ministerial portfolio, alliance, diplomatic post, important public-works project, royal favor, invitation, or marriage contract authorized against the will of the Marquise.
Speaking on NBC News on Sunday morning, former director of national intelligence James R. Clapper Jr. denied that a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) wiretap was authorized against Trump or the campaign during his tenure.
In 2014, when the United States began its air campaign against the Islamic State, the Obama administration declared the operations to be part of the existing armed conflict that Congress authorized against Al Qaeda after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Under the facade of rooting out coup plotters, a colossal witch hunt has been authorized against President Erdoğan's opponents.
Military activity, including airstrikes, carried out by the US-led coalition, the Russian air force and the Syrian government would continue to be authorized against Islamic State, Nusra Front and other designated terrorist groups.
In September, a week after Obama authorized airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria, Kaine introduced legislation for an AUMF against the group.
The acting general counsel of the Pentagon said it even "authorized war against al-Qaida's associated forces in Mali, Libya and Syria".
PAGE A12 Assisted Suicides Blocked Attorney General John Ashcroft authorized action against doctors who prescribe lethal drugs for terminally ill patients.
The statute authorized war against the perpetrators of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and those who harbored them — that is, Al Qaeda and the Taliban.
The majority ruled that Congress had not authorized suits against foreign governments for the kinds of claims the former prisoners asserted.
