Definition of "subcontracted" []

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

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• "As for frontbench politicians, Davis describes their decision-making as almost entirely "subcontracted" - with the parameters set by colleagues or advisers or the latest fuss in the papers."
• "Cousin Juan Bob of Akumal has a public works company that both "subcontracted" to install and remove the lights that were never connected and, thereby enriched himself and a dozen other cousins immeasurably and pleased the indigenous community of Solidarity whose ruling council may have also benefited and puffed up their chests as well."
• "In a day of dramatic testimony, Malgarai called out the Conservative government for misleading the public, saying the Canadian military intentionally 'subcontracted' torture to Afghan security."