relegate

refer to another person for decision or judgment

• “She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues”

assign to a lower position; reduce in rank

• “She was demoted because she always speaks up”
• “He was broken down to Sargeant”

expel, as if by official decree

• “he was banished from his own country”

assign to a class or kind

• “How should algae be classified?”
• “People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms”