Definition of "deputizing" []

• Present participle of deputize. (verb)

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• "Q General, have you moved forward on the idea of deputizing local and state officials to seize marijuana or to arrest people?"
• "The same goes for 'deputizing' or encouraging citizens to do this with other citizens."
• "Judges have also begun to question the company's practices of "deputizing" hundreds of bank executives to handle foreclosures by naming them "vice presidents" of MERS."