deputize
Grant temporary authority
To deputize is to appoint someone as a deputy—a temporary or subordinate stand-in for an authority figure.
A sheriff deputizes citizens to help pursue outlaws.
By extension, deputize means to delegate authority generally: She deputized her assistant to handle the meeting.
In British English, spelled deputise.
County's chief officer
- marshalArrange in proper order
- constableLow-ranking peace officer
- posseArmed group pursuing fugitives
- badgeWorn symbol of membership
oath · patrol · arrest · jurisdiction · warrant · lawman · peacekeeper · enforcement
Temporary human placeholder
- fill-inTemporary substitute person
- proxyAuthorized substitute
- surrogateOne acting for another
- alternateOccur in succession
replacement · back-up · reliever · cover · temp · locum · understudy · pinch-hitter
Payment for services rendered
- investCommit resources for gain
- empowerGrant authority or confidence
- vestSleeveless upper-body garment
- accreditFormally recognize as qualified
sanction · license · mandate · qualify · entrust · confer · enable · certify
Give as responsibility
envoy · liaison · spokesperson · ambassador · commissioner · representative · authority · responsibility
sheriff
County's chief officer
badge · oath · patrol · arrest · jurisdiction · warrant · lawman · peacekeeper · enforcement · handcuffs
stand-in
Temporary human placeholder
alternate · replacement · back-up · reliever · cover · temp · locum · understudy · pinch-hitter · acting
commission
Payment for services rendered
- investCommit resources for gain
- empowerGrant authority or confidence
- vestSleeveless upper-body garment
accredit · sanction · license · mandate · qualify · entrust · confer · enable · certify · appoint
assign
Give as responsibility
emissary · envoy · liaison · spokesperson · ambassador · commissioner · representative · authority · responsibility · duty
- speaking for othersadvocate, represent, spokesperson, mouthpiece, voice
- delegation phrasespass the buck, hand off, farm out, assign, outsource
- approvalsapproved, approve, authorizing, certification, endorsing
- substitutessubstitute, subs, replacement, substitutes, stand-in
- interveneintervene, step in, intercede, mediate, arbitrate
deputizedismiss
Send away or reject
abrogate · deauthorize · decommission · discharge · cashier
deputizekeep
Retain or fortified tower
retain · centralize · micromanage · do it yourself · hold onto
deputizing, deputized, deputing, deputised, deputizes, deputise, deputising, deputization