All right, let's play this "word" game. So, we're going to cut your take home paycheck by 25%.. Wouldn't you agree we've taken money away from you. Hence, we've defunded some of your paycheck? No? I'll hang up and listen to you twist yourself in knots. So, if you take money away from the police (1 billion dollars away from the NYPD) you're defunding them.