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federal case
noun
a matter that falls within the jurisdiction of a federal court or a federal law-enforcement agency.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of federal case1
Idioms and Phrases
make a federal case (out) of, to exaggerate the importance of or make an issue out of (something trivial).
Example Sentences
“This subject just caught a federal case for assault on a federal agent. DON’T ASSAULT.”
Leyva, 34, is now in custody on an unrelated federal case that charges him with selling drugs and guns in Imperial County.
His attorney in the federal case didn’t immediately return a request for comment.
The federal case, now in its fourth week of testimony, followed dozens of civil lawsuits filed against him by men and women accusing him of abuse, including both Ms Ventura, who is Combs' ex-girlfriend, and Ms Bongolan.
The U.S. attorney’s office declined to comment on why Essayli involved the Riverside County district attorney’s office in a federal case out of Lancaster.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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