Definitions
any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape
Word origin
From bureau + -cracy, from French bureaucratie, coined by Jean Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay from bureau (“office”) + -cratie (“rule of”).
Used in a sentence
“However, when Britain left the European Union, ferries started to ply a direct sea link from Ireland, to save hauliers from custom's bureaucracy of driving via Britain.”
“At that time the administration replaced the system of patronage in the civil service with a bureaucracy.”
“Each of the most provocative selections is facing criticism that they lack the expertise and experience to run the vast, specialized bureaucracies that would be under their control.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Red tape system”11 letters
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