defunded
Lost its funding
Defunded is the past tense of defund, meaning to withdraw financial support from something.
The word gained prominence in debates over police reform, where defund the police became a slogan advocating reallocation of law enforcement budgets to social services.
More broadly, any program or organization can be defunded: The legislature defunded the arts council.
Had coverings removed
- withdrawnEmotionally distant, disengaged
- cutSeverance or reduction
- slashedCut with force
- eliminatedRemoved from consideration
reduced · rescinded · abolished · terminated · suspended · canceled · revoked · divested
Planned spending reductions
- spending freezeHalt to disbursements
- cutbacksReductions in spending
- belt-tighteningReducing expenditures deliberately
- downsizingReducing workforce or scale
fiscal restraint · cost-cutting · streamlining · trimming · reduction · contraction · retrenchment · savings
Changing how law enforcement operates
- abolishOfficially end a practice
- movementChange in position
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- reallocateAssign to different uses
redirect · reform · activism · Black Lives Matter · social services · community programs · municipal · advocacy
stripped
Had coverings removed
eliminated · reduced · rescinded · abolished · terminated · suspended · canceled · revoked · divested · discontinued
budget cuts
Planned spending reductions
- spending freezeHalt to disbursements
- cutbacksReductions in spending
- belt-tighteningReducing expenditures deliberately
downsizing · fiscal restraint · cost-cutting · streamlining · trimming · reduction · contraction · retrenchment · savings · squeeze
police reform
Changing how law enforcement operates
reallocate · redirect · reform · activism · Black Lives Matter · social services · community programs · municipal · advocacy · legislation
defundedfunded
Provided with money
financed · bankrolled · subsidized · endowed · capitalized
defundedsupported
Gave aid or backing
sustained · bolstered · strengthened · empowered · revitalized
defundedsupported
Gave aid or backing
backed · sustained · maintained · established · expanded
- defund policeRemove officer budget allocation