deputize
verb (used with object)
to appoint as deputy.
deputizes
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present tense formof deputize (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The Bank Secrecy Act, enacted in 1970, essentially deputizes banks to act as the first line of defense against money laundering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 10, 2025
She deputizes Jiminy as the newly born figure’s voice of reason.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2022
The Pulitzer Prize winner even deputizes her on-page doppelgänger to hire her protagonist at an unnamed Minneapolis bookstore that sounds a lot like the one Erdrich owns in real life.
From New York Times ● Nov. 24, 2021
Assistant Dino Toppmöller deputizes on the touchline and said Nagelsmann is closely involved with the tactics.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 23, 2021
This leader has an assistant or lieutenant to whom he deputizes great power.
From Quiet Talks on the Crowned Christ of Revelation by S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon
