decentralize

verb4

1. •
   To cause to change from being concentrated at one point or site to being distributed across several.
2. •
   To reduce the authority of (a governing body) by distributing that authority among several bodies.

   • The government planned to decentralize power to local councils.
3. •
   To become decentralized.
4. •
   (US) To bring (a suspect) to the ground by use of directed force; to tackle.