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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
deputise .
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Examples
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But the officers, as well as posses of "deputised" white citizens, attacked the crowd, wielding truncheons, bats and boards.
The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama by David Remnick 2010
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To that effect, it is suggesting that EU member state nationals should be "deputised" to act for other governments – all under the EU flag – and is proposing that there should be standardised training for what are quaintly termed "common offices".
Another step in the slow process of integration Richard 2007
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To that effect, it is suggesting that EU member state nationals should be "deputised" to act for other governments – all under the EU flag – and is proposing that there should be standardised training for what are quaintly termed "common offices".
Archive 2007-09-01 Richard 2007
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Mandatory training in both safety and local laws and required affiliation as a "deputised" citizen for concealed carry.
MetaFilter Projects 2008
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The midfielder Alex Song, who has deputised in defence, is suspended after receiving his fifth yellow card of the season.
Arsenal's Wojciech Szczesny cannot imagine finishing below Tottenham 2011
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Cox deputised more than capably for Keane against Armenia.
Ireland's Robbie Keane under fire and set to miss Euro 2012 play-off 2011
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The Queen first took the royal salute in 1951 when she deputised for her father King George VI when he was sick.
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Lennon had just a single fit centre-half to call on here, meaning the left-back Charlie Mulgrew deputised alongside Thomas Rogne.
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Robin Jackman made the trip in 1981, his ties with South Africa provoking the cancellation of the Guyana Test, and in 1986 the late Wilf Slack was given the dubious honour of deputising deputised for Mike Gatting, whose nose had been smashed by a Malcolm Marshall bouncer.
Pakistan hopes pinned on Mohammad Yousuf riding to rescue in third Test 2010
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She praises Graham Stuart from So Television, who deputised for her.
Deborah Turness: 'News is the best drama on television' 2010
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