defund
Pull the money
To defund is to withdraw financial support from an organization or program: The legislature voted to defund the arts council.
The word gained prominence with "defund the police," a slogan advocating redirection of police budgets toward social services.
Critics and supporters disagree on whether it means reducing, reallocating, or eliminating funding entirely.
Officially end a practice
- dismantleSeparate into parts
- divestRid of assets
- reallocateAssign to different uses
- reimagineEnvision in altered form
reform · protest · movement · campaign · petition · rally · demonstration · advocacy
Designated funds for purposes
- budgetPlan for spending
- allocationDistribution of shares
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
oversight · discretionary · entitlement · earmark · subsidy · grant · revenue · expenditure
abolish
Officially end a practice
- dismantleSeparate into parts
- divestRid of assets
- reallocateAssign to different uses
reimagine · reform · protest · movement · campaign · petition · rally · demonstration · advocacy · grassroots
slash
Angled line or swipe
curtail · withdraw · strip · eliminate · zero out · ax · gut · pare · freeze · withhold
appropriations
Designated funds for purposes
- budgetPlan for spending
- allocationDistribution of shares
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
mandate · oversight · discretionary · entitlement · earmark · subsidy · grant · revenue · expenditure · fiscal
- police reformpolice brutality, police misconduct, body cameras, community oversight, qualified immunity
- political buzzwordswoke, wokeness, virtue signaling, virtue signal, dog whistle
- defund policeRemove officer budget allocation