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feds¹

  • /fɛdz/

Rhymes with -ɛdz

noun Feds

  1. plural plural of fed
  2. Australia, US, slang The federal level of government, viewed as a collective group of people. Typically its law enforcement agencies and officers. Which leaves the states in an awful hole. The Feds have ripped $80 billion out of their budgets over the next 10 years.
  3. Multicultural London English, US, slang Law enforcement; cops. Look out! Here come the Feds!

verb Feds

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

FEDs²

noun

  1. plural plural of FED

Feds³

noun

  1. Alternative letter-case form of feds

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: federal official, federal, federal reserve, cops, police, fbi, coppers, fedgov, fed., federale, fed'n, fedn., fuzz, feeb, federalese, fers

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@misc{feds_2026,
  title = {feds},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/feds},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}