The phrase "action to deny" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where a decision or measure is being taken to refuse or reject something, such as an application or request.
Example: "The committee has decided to take action to deny the proposal due to insufficient funding."
Alternatives: "measure to reject" or "step to refuse".
Further capture of state military equipment by Daesh remains a possibility, until we can carry out the action to deny them space and safe haven".
The report's findings, and its projections of future events, make it harder for the forces rallied against collaborative international climate action to deny that climate change is occurring.
Perez's already awful evening plumbed new depths when he had the indignity of being taken off after an hour – just before his opposite number, David Forde, was finally called into action to deny a Joseph Chipolina header.
The priest Father Denis Faul was in no doubt that the Provisional IRA were to blame, saying: "It's a very serious religious, cultural and anti-Irish action to deny these people a burial.
The conservatives drag their feet when it comes to reforming how political parties are regulated, but race to action to deny other actors the capacity to effectively participate in our democracy.
Congressional Democrats strongly oppose the plan to send more troops and are weighing a series of steps to confront the president, with some advocating action to deny funding for the additional brigades being sent to Iraq.
Next to polling stations, volunteers collected signatures to send to the European court of human rights in Strasbourg to complain about Madrid's actions to deny the region a formal referendum on independence.
Let the Hall of Fame decide whether his extraordinary pitching career has been sufficiently tainted by his post career actions to deny him a well-deserved place in Cooperstown.
Negative case means any action taken to deny, suspend, or terminate a case.
When you're confronted with someone who enjoys deliberately making unnecessarily inflammatory statements, the best course of action is to deny them the emotional response they crave.
The state's election code states that a voter "shall have the right to cast his or her vote: without the use or threat of force, violence or restraint; without the infliction or threat of infliction of injury; without any intimidation or coercion upon or against his or her person; or without any other action intended to deny any individual's right to vote".
