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burocracia

substantivo

full

bureaucracy

noun

Definitions of bureaucracy

English

a complicated system of rules, regulations and processes

He had to go to many offices and fight through a huge amount of bureaucracy.

English

the administrative staff who run a government organisation, authority, or other similar institution and who follow rules carefully

How does a US citizen navigate Russian bureaucracy?