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federal

adjective as in confederate

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In addition to lying on a federal background check form and giving a false statement to a federal firearms dealer, he was also convicted of possessing a gun while being an illicit drug user.

The press secretary said Biden had pardoned his son, who was facing sentencing later this month in two federal cases, to shield him from potential persecution by the outgoing president's political foes.

From BBC

But a federal judge last Monday rejected the lawsuit, and a day later, another judge rejected Slusser’s appeal.

The business income and losses are passed to the partners and reported on their individual federal tax returns.

From Salon

He was a public defender for a while and then became a federal prosecutor.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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