Used in a Sentence

entrusted

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for entrusted.

Editorial note

There are plenty of cases where the government have abused data that has been entrusted to them.

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Quick take

(transitive) To trust to the care of.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of entrusted gathered in one view.

verb

(transitive) To trust to the care of.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for entrusted.

verb

(transitive) To trust to the care of.

Example sentences

1

There are plenty of cases where the government have abused data that has been entrusted to them.

2

Apple no more worthy of being entrusted with one's data than any other big tech company, for example: Google.

3

It's that AM was entrusted with sensitive data about it's users that it failed to protect.

4

One of the journalists entrusted with the documents messed up with the handling of the keys.

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You'll be entrusted to make sound architectural decisions as well as implement your vision effectively.

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Developers have already entrusted them with something as precious as their code itself.

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This expectation of privacy is after having entrusted company Y with that information.

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Couldn't someone entrusted with the Snowden cache just dump it online now?

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One must beware of anyone who is stupid and diligent -- he must not be entrusted with any responsibility because he will always cause only mischief.

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Snowden's document leaks, and by extension the journalists with whom he entrusted them to, were not restricted in scope to only disclosing illegal domestic collection activities.

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Nothing safety critical would have been entrusted to the iPad.

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If software integrity was entrusted to the transport layer, any employee of sourceforge, github or any one of the hundreds of mirrors out there could backdoor anything.

Quote examples

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Of course this relies on the axiomatic assumption that the "civil authorities" (which in religious contexts generally refers to government) are legitimate in their being "entrusted with power of life and death" and as the "avenger of crime".

2

This: “It’s impossible to build a back-door for just the good guys — if somebody at the Genius Bar could figure it out, so could the nefarious folks in a van down by the river" Hopefully any encryption back door is not entrusted to somebody at the Genius Bar.

3

As summarized by the Catechism of Trent, a Christian religious text of historical importance: "Another kind of lawful slaying belongs to the civil authorities, to whom is entrusted power of life and death, by the legal and judicious exercise of which they punish the guilty and protect the innocent.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use entrusted in a sentence?

There are plenty of cases where the government have abused data that has been entrusted to them.

What does entrusted mean?

(transitive) To trust to the care of.

What part of speech is entrusted?

entrusted is commonly used as verb.