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Feds

//fɛdz// noun, verb, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    plural of fed form-of, plural
  2. 2
    plural of FED form-of, plural
  3. 3
    The federal level of government, viewed as a collective group of people. Typically its law enforcement agencies and officers. Australia, US, slang

    "Which leaves the states in an awful hole. The Feds have ripped $80 billion out of their budgets over the next 10 years."

  4. 4
    Law enforcement; cops. Multicultural-London-English, US, slang

    "Look out! Here come the Feds!"

Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of fed form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

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