relegate

Verb
  1. Refer to another person for decision or judgment (synset 202595169)
    "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"
  2. Assign to a lower position;
    Reduce in rank (synset 202404473)
    "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant"
  3. Expel, as if by official decree (synset 202509452)
    "he was banished from his own country"
  4. Assign to a class or kind (synset 200741667)
    "How should algae be classified?"; "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"

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