disempower

If someone genuinely wishes to reform bureaucracies — as opposed to simply disempower them for the sake of enabling one political party's agenda to win over another's — the best way to do so is make sure they remain reflective of the people they are supposed to serve.

One way for Harris to appease those donors would be to signal that she’ll disempower Khan in her administration.

Even as unrecognized tribes work to assert their inherent sovereignty, settler structures serve to disempower us.

Opposition parties highlighted cost of living issues, high unemployment - especially for young people - and fears that constitutional changes could disempower the disadvantaged.

While the latter groups wanted to disempower the courts, the Black freedom movement largely did not, because the courts — however inadequate they were — appeared to be its most reliable allies.