intrusted

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As John Marshall was later to say of this new Constitution, “The sword and the purse, all the external relations, and no inconsiderable portion of the industry of the nation are intrusted to its Government.”

From Slate • Jun. 26, 2012

Recently Hearst Sr. intrusted Hearst Jr. with a long-distance errand.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is true that government affairs are now intrusted to others who always had misgivings concerning the old acquisitive ideas.

From Time Magazine Archive

Three men, namely M. Kaganovitch, known as Stalin's right hand, Jarovski, and Enukidze, secretary of the central executive committee, were intrusted with carrying out this scheme.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thus intrusted with responsibility for the fate of mankind, it was necessary that the Church should possess the powers and the machinery requisite for the due discharge of a trust so unspeakably important.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Lea, Henry Charles