defund

Verb

Meaning

defund (third-person singular simple present defunds, present participle defunding, simple past and past participle defunded)

(transitive, chiefly US) To cancel funding for.
Synonym: unfund

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Legislation that names a specific private organization to defund (rather than all organizations that engage in a particular activity) is improper and arguably unconstitutional. Justin Amash

I'm not a supporter of ObamaCare. I voted to repeal it, to defund it, et cetera. But we do need to move on. Erik Paulsen

If we are going to run on Medicare for All, defund the police, socialized medicine, we're not going to win. Jim Clyburn

Activists want to defund the Metro Nashville Police Department and are calling for the firing of Police Chief Steve Anderson. Source: Internet

According to Wallace, that proof was never supplied (likely because Biden has never said he wants to defund the police. Source: Internet

And as New York protestors underscored last January, even before the summer’s Black Lives Matter uprising, the fight for fully-funded public transit goes hand-in-hand with calls to defund the police and end racist state violence. Source: Internet

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