deputize
dep yuh tahyz
- v act as a substitute
- v appoint as a substitute
- Walmsley then announced that he would deputize 10,000 citizens, arm them with shotguns if Long tried to steal the election under the guns of State troops.
- Captain Illingworth welcomes them, but he does not deputize even to radar his task of watching the sea.
- The police are free to deputize onlookers, who will automatically be guiltless if any person present is subsequently killed or wounded, provided no malice or premeditation is .