deputized
Given acting authority
Deputized means officially appointed to act on behalf of someone in authority.
A deputized citizen has been granted temporary legal powers, typically by a sheriff or other official: The sheriff deputized volunteers to help search for the missing child.
The term implies formal authorization rather than informal delegation.
Regular surveillance route
- arrestSeize by law
- posseArmed group pursuing fugitives
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- investigationFormal examination of facts
pursuit · manhunt · search · apprehension · detain · handcuffs · backup · dispatch
County's chief officer
- marshalArrange in proper order
- constableLow-ranking peace officer
- badgeWorn symbol of membership
- swornBound by formal promise
oath · commission · warrant · empowered · authorized · invested · delegated · entrusted
Temporary human placeholder
- proxyAuthorized substitute
- actingTemporarily holding position
- fill-inTemporary substitute person
- replacementWhat takes another's place
backup · surrogate · alternate · interim · temporary · pinch-hitter · understudy · locum
patrol
Regular surveillance route
- arrestSeize by law
- posseArmed group pursuing fugitives
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
investigation · pursuit · manhunt · search · apprehension · detain · handcuffs · backup · dispatch · roadblock
sheriff
County's chief officer
sworn · oath · commission · warrant · empowered · authorized · invested · delegated · entrusted · credentialed
stand-in
Temporary human placeholder
replacement · backup · surrogate · alternate · interim · temporary · pinch-hitter · understudy · locum · reliever
territory
Land under jurisdiction
- precinctAdministrative jurisdiction zone
- bailiwickSphere of expertise
- districtBounded administrative area
county · parish · domain · boundary · authority · range · scope · beat · region · zone
deputizeddecommissioned
Removed from active service
unauthorized · discharged · dismissed · de-authorized · revoked