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

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

As two discharged doughboys intrusted with a dead pal's little girl, they try to find the grandparents named Smith.

From Time Magazine Archive

The infant Bacchus was first intrusted to the care of his aunt Ino, the second wife of Athamas, King of Thebes, who nursed him as tenderly as if he had been her own child.

From Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by Guerber, H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline)