Definition of "deputized" [deputized]

• Simple past tense and past participle of deputize. (verb)

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• "MERS "deputized" employees of the servicers, pretending that these became MERS employees."
• "Civilian officials and employees may be "deputized" to help administrate martial authority during an emergency, but civil law is effectively suspended for the duration of the emergency."
• "Oyet has served as General Secretary of Uganda's National Federation of Born Again Pentecostal Churches, and in March 2009, "deputized" the new "Presiding Apostle" of the Born Again Faith Federation, an organization representing millions of Ugandans ..."