verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Carter was deputized by Dodge to take command of the tanker.
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My boss had to go to the Caribbean unexpectedly and asked me to deputize .
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Paine, the second in command, deputized for the Colonel.
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The Foreign Minister will be deputizing for the Prime Minister while he recovers from his operation.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He is required to deputize for the Assistant Dean and Dean as and when necessary.
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Not only did he have the cops, but he would deputize certain Union members to walk around the hall with guns.