federal investigation

collocation in English

meaningsoffederalandinvestigation

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federal
adjective
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/ˈfed.ər.əl/us
/ˈfed.ɚ.əl/
relating to the central government, and not to the government of a region, of some countries such as ...
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investigation
noun[C or U]
uk
/ɪnˌves.tɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/us
/ɪnˌves.təˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
the act or process of examining a crime, problem, statement, etc. carefully, especially to discover ...
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(Definition offederalandinvestigationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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No former president lasted for more than three years, and for half of this period they were subject tofederalinvestigation.
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He was accused of a conflict of interest, but afederalinvestigationcleared him.
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Some of those relationships were at the core of thefederalinvestigation.
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He filed a report, but later regretted it when the lab falls underfederalinvestigation.
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Afederalinvestigationlater found that some 60 spillssome unreportedoccurred between 1984 and 1998, when the pipeline was shut down.
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The controversy escalated into lawsuits and afederalinvestigation.
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In 2014, thefederalinvestigationinto his campaign ended with no charges brought against him.
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Frankhouser was found guilty of obstruction of thefederalinvestigationinto credit-card fraud.
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A two-yearfederalinvestigationof the organization estimated its nationwide membership as over 500.
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The sequestering of the pilots for such an extended period of time in many respects borders on interference with afederalinvestigationand is inexcusable.
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Media reports have indicated that the company is underfederalinvestigationfor alleged mortgage fraud, a charge the company denies.
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News of thefederalinvestigationhad little effect on her campaign.
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The diocese will decide whether to continue using the chapel, depending on the results of thefederalinvestigation.
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His administration was accused of transgressions from racial discrimination to mishandling of student aid funds, which resulted in afederalinvestigation.
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Tayoun eventually announced his intention to retire rather than seek re-election amid afederalinvestigationinto alleged tax fraud.
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After thefederalinvestigationwas announced, he told me through a third party that the disclosure was inadvertent on his part.
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From 2005 to 2007 the synagogue was repeatedly targeted by vandals; after some of these incidents afederalinvestigationwas started and two people were arrested, convicted, and sentenced.
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Afederalinvestigationwas launched.
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States also took their cues from thefederalinvestigation.
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