federal case

noun

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

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Trump pardoned Bannon in a similar federal case in 2021. James Barron, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025 Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) brought the case after President Trump pardoned Bannon at the end of his first term in a similar federal case, but presidential pardons don't apply to state investigations. Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 12 Feb. 2025 Three other men who were originally charged with Bannon in the federal case were convicted in that case and sentenced to prison. Adam Reiss,dan Mangan, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2025 The nine hours of video obtained from the Miami-Dade state attorney’s office also include body camera video from the men’s arrests tied to state and federal cases in South Florida and New York. Chloe Atkins, NBC News, 7 Feb. 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 27 Feb. 2025.

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