federals
Blue-coated Civil War soldiers
Federals are members or supporters of a federal government, especially Union forces during the American Civil War: The federals advanced on Richmond.
The term distinguishes central government agents from state or local ones.
In contemporary use, the feds is more common for federal law enforcement: The feds raided the warehouse.
Organizes or assembles
- DEAFederal narcotics agency
- ATFFirearms oversight agency
- ICEImmigration enforcement bureau
- agentsThose who act for others
raid · arrest · fugitive · warrant · seizure · prosecution · crackdown · interdiction
Those who act for others
- G-menFBI agents, informally
- HooverAmerican surname of note
- QuanticoFederal law enforcement academy
- counterterrorismCombating organized political violence
surveillance · wiretap · informant · undercover · profiling · forensics · cybercrime · interrogation
Named political entity
- YankeesNew York baseball franchise
- bluecoatsUnion military forces
- LincolnMidwestern state capital
- GrantFunds given officially
Sherman · Gettysburg · Antietam · Appomattox · muskets · cavalry · infantry · artillery
U.S. seat of government
- CongressU.S. lawmaking body
- CapitolLegislative assembly building
- SenateLegislative body, often bicameral's elder
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
agencies · spending · budget · deficit · subsidies · grants · programs · mandates
Administrative written tasks
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- proceduresSet methods for tasks
- formsVarieties or documents
permits · applications · approvals · audits · inspections · filings · documentation · deadlines
marshals
Organizes or assembles
agents · raid · arrest · fugitive · warrant · seizure · prosecution · crackdown · interdiction · sting
agents
Those who act for others
counterterrorism · surveillance · wiretap · informant · undercover · profiling · forensics · cybercrime · interrogation · sting
Union
Named political entity
Grant · Sherman · Gettysburg · Antietam · Appomattox · muskets · cavalry · infantry · artillery · conscription
Washington
U.S. seat of government
- CongressU.S. lawmaking body
- CapitolLegislative assembly building
- SenateLegislative body, often bicameral's elder
administration · agencies · spending · budget · deficit · subsidies · grants · programs · mandates · regulations
paperwork
Administrative written tasks
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- proceduresSet methods for tasks
forms · permits · applications · approvals · audits · inspections · filings · documentation · deadlines · officials
federalsrebels
Armed opposition fighters
secessionists · butternut · Rebs · Confederate troops · Confederate Army
federalslocals
Area's permanent inhabitants
state government · local authorities · municipal government · county officials · state officials
federalsanti-federalists
Early republic decentralization advocates
secessionists · separatists · decentralists · nullifiers · confederalists
- federal powersCentral government's legal authority
- federal governmentCentralized national ruling body
- federal jurisdictionLegal domain of central government
- federal agentNational law enforcement officer
- Federal Reserve SystemUS central banking system
- federal crimeViolation of national statutes
federal, federalism, federation, confederate, confederation, federate, confederacy, federated, federally