entrusted
v.v. to give someone a job or a valuable object because you trust them to handle it safely. You use this when the responsibility is important.
v. to assign a responsibility or give custody of something valuable to another person, based on a belief in their integrity. Often used in the passive voice to describe a duty given to an official or agent.
She entrusted her house keys to her neighbor.
The board of directors entrusted the new CEO with the task of restructuring the entire company.
Having served the family for decades, the lawyer was entrusted with the delicate task of distributing the estate according to the late patriarch's private wishes.
Typically takes the preposition 'with' for the responsibility or 'to' for the recipient of the trust.
I entrusted him the secret.I entrusted him with the secret.When the recipient is the direct object, the responsibility must be introduced with the preposition 'with'.