"FOIA" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˈfɔɪjə/
Rhymes: -ɔɪ.ə Etymology: First use appears c. 1968, in the publication Administrative Law Review. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} FOIA
  1. (law, US politics) Acronym of Freedom of Information Act. Tags: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Alternative form of: Freedom of Information Act Categories (topical): Law, US politics, Freedom of speech Related terms: SOIA
    Sense id: en-FOIA-en-name-ixVKIO6X Disambiguation of Freedom of speech: 58 42 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 55 45 Topics: government, law, politics

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈfɔɪjə/ Forms: FOIAs [present, singular, third-person], FOIAing [participle, present], FOIAed [participle, past], FOIAed [past]
Rhymes: -ɔɪ.ə Etymology: First use appears c. 1968, in the publication Administrative Law Review. Head templates: {{en-verb}} FOIA (third-person singular simple present FOIAs, present participle FOIAing, simple past and past participle FOIAed)
  1. (law, transitive) To request or obtain records using the Freedom of Information Act. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Law Related terms: freedom of information
    Sense id: en-FOIA-en-verb-M24BvJu9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 55 45 Topics: law

Inflected forms

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