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'deputize' is a correct and usable word in written English
It is an transitive verb that means to appoint someone to act as a deputy or a substitute for another person. Example sentence: The manager deputized one of her employees to oversee the project while she was away.
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deputize
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To make (someone) a deputy; to officially empower.
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Shareholders, rather than run a company on their own, deputize a C.E.O. to do it for them.
The interviews could be conducted through video conferences; the State Department could deputize and train private organizations to carry out the initial screening and relieve overwhelmed United Nations field offices; the Administration could establish a visa program that would accelerate the petitions of Syrians with relatives in this country.
On this occasion, the demands of parenting led Carben to deputize a seatmate, who feels certain that he missed a few, because of a habit of making small talk whenever the action on the field ceases.
These tend to be the states passing punitive laws to deputize traffic cops, E.R. nurses and utility workers as immigration enforcers.
In 2005, he pushed to have Connecticut deputize state police officers as federal immigration agents, but Gov. Jodi M. Rell, a fellow Republican, rejected the proposal.
But the campaign's ultimate goal was to deputize the closest Obama-supporting friends of voters who were wavering in their affections for the president.
Cooper's 6,000-man Confederate force included two regiments each of Cherokees and Creeks, a mixed regiment of Chickasaws and Choctaws, two Texas cavalry units and a squad of Texas "Partisan Rangers," a division the army had created to deputize guerrillas.
Mr. Perdue, a Republican who will leave office in January because of term limits, announced Thursday that he would deputize a special attorney general to file a lawsuit for the state.
Instead, they might deputize a gang of M.B.A. candidates or alumni in the financial services industry to offer free financial planning to admitted students and their families.
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And when the Stand Your Ground laws intersect with lax concealed-carry laws, it works essentially to self-deputize anyone with a Kel-Tec 9 millimeter and a grudge.
It also decided to strengthen the party throughout the country by deputizing most of its leaders to manage regional and provincial headquarters and by recruiting new members.
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