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Originally Posted by TorqueDog
Agreed, it is tiresome to keep having to explain what the actual stated goals are to people who automatically jump to the conclusion that "defund the police" means people really want to remove every last dollar of funding. Even when you tell them otherwise, they put their fingers in their ears and still pretend it does.
Defund is the wrong word, but it's the word we're stuck with for now.
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Except defund isn't the wrong word.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/defund
defund[ dee-fuhnd ]SHOW IPA
verb (used with object)
to withdraw financial support from, especially as an instrument of legislative control:
Many university programs were defunded by the recent government cutbacks.
to deplete the financial resources of:
The cost of the lawsuit defunded the company's operating budget.
See the usage in bold, in neither case does it suggest eliminating funds, defunding is simply decreasing.