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feds

/fɛdz/

feds noun: the federal level of government, viewed as a collective group of people. Typically its law enforcement agencies and officers. Also the plural of fed.

Noun (1)

feds

  1. (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.2016 February 10, Peter Martin, “State governments are about to hike up taxes”, in The Sydney Morning Herald
  2. (Multicultural-London-English, US, slang) Law enforcement; cops.
    • Look out! Here come the Feds!
    • "Why don't we pull him in on tax evasion or misuse of the mails or parkin' in front of a hydrant or sumpn? Take him down to the Tombs and give 'em the works? If the Feds won't do it, we'd be glad to oblige."1954, Ian Fleming, “The Big Switchboard”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 36

Noun (2) capitalized: FEDs

FEDs

  1. (plural) plural of FED

Noun (3) capitalized: Feds

Feds

  1. Alternative letter-case form of feds

Also used as

feds is also the plural of fed.

feds is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of fed.

feds meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam

feds in Tamil

ஃபெட்ஸ்

feds in Urdu

ایف ای ڈیز

feds in Telugu

ఫెడ్స్

feds in Malayalam

ഫെഡ്സ്
More languagesFewer languages
feds in Kannada
ಫೆಡ್ಸ್
feds in Gujarati
ફેડ્સ
feds in Nepali
फेड्स, फेडहरू, एफइडीएस

Forms of feds

alternative formFeds

Words that rhyme with feds

Questions about feds

What does feds mean?
Feds means the federal level of government, viewed as a collective group of people. Typically its law enforcement agencies and officers.
What is feds in Tamil?
Feds in Tamil is ஃபெட்ஸ். See Feds meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is feds?
Feds is a noun.
How do you pronounce feds?
Feds is pronounced /fɛdz/.

Words near feds in the dictionary

  1. Fedrick
  2. Fedricks
  3. fedrilate
  4. fedrizziid
  5. fedrizziids
  6. feds
  7. fedslop
  8. Fedspeak
  9. fedsurrection
  10. fedsurrections
  11. Fedwire

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Adapted from Wiktionary: feds (page history and authors); FEDs (page history and authors); Feds (page history and authors); feds (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); feds (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); feds (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); feds (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); feds (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); feds (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); feds (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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