be tasked with doing something / be commissioned to do something / (sometimes, by implication) be ordered to do something [get incommission/assignment to do something]
Nissefick i uppdrag att hålla utkik medan de andra tömde kassaskåpet
Nissewas assigned to keep [was given the task of keeping /was tasked with keeping] lookout while the others emptied the safe
ge någon iuppdrag att göra något
task someone with doing something / give someone the task of doing something / commission someone to do something / (sometimes, by implication) order someone to do something [give someone incommission/assignment to do something]
Hon har valt att lämna sittuppdrag
She has decided to step down from herposition [assignment given to her]