federal case

noun

: big deal
don't make a federal case out of it

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Those issues have been playing out in several other high-profile cases in which there are federal cases and immigration cases at the same time. Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 25 June 2025 Leyva, 34, is now in custody in an unrelated federal case that charges him with selling drugs and guns in Imperial County. Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025 In a separate Chicago federal case, Kelly was convicted of producing child pornography and child enticement. Shania Russell, EW.com, 17 June 2025 The federal case against Do involved the nonprofit Viet America Society. Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 17 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for federal case

Word History

First Known Use

1950, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of federal case was in 1950

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“Federal case.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/federal%20case. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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