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Definition of bureaucrat in English: bureaucratnoun ˈbjʊərəkratˈbjʊrəˌkræt An official in a government department, in particular one perceived as being concerned with procedural correctness at the expense of people's needs. the unemployed will be dealt with not by faceless bureaucrats but by individuals Example sentencesExamples - One former senior bureaucrat used to laugh that when most lobbyists come walking down the corridor, politicians turn out the lights and pretend not to be in.
- I mean she was terribly aware of the bureaucrats and administrators with their workings.
- Hounded by petty bureaucrats out of his cramped offices on Calton Hill, art world legend Demarco has again landed on his feet.
- However, many officials and bureaucrats agree that better management is essential.
- A sheet of paper - the texts of new drafts soon to be debated by faceless bureaucrats - were pored over.
- If you're a complacent state sector bureaucrat, enjoying your job stability and looking forward to your lush pension, it's time to start worrying.
- Tighter rules were needed to stop taxpayers' funds being wasted on party political advertising, a senior parliamentary bureaucrat has said.
- By definition a bureaucrat is an official who insists on a rigid adherence to rules and routine regardless of the needs of the situation.
- Almost every influential politician and bureaucrat used this scam.
- If the Conservatives vow to crack down on those milking the taxpayer for their lifestyle, whether bureaucrat or welfare king/queen, it will have wide appeal.
- Because the top concern of bureaucrats is to fend off future problems, the red tape piles up.
- The doggedly determined bureaucrat has vowed to disqualify any winner who is corrupt, but that may prompt yet a third round of elections for the Senate.
- If found guilty, the state's top bureaucrat will face imprisonment up to three months.
- We can't allow some government bureaucrat to label you an unlawful combatant, and thereby keep you in custody indefinitely.
- One was a junior foreign ministry bureaucrat, Andrei Kozyrev, who was made foreign minister.
- But a senior health bureaucrat has contradicted that, saying he had briefed the Health Minister earlier.
- Office workers and bureaucrats in the cities dress much the same as they do in the West.
- We'd save the 10 percent and the army of bureaucrats who administer the mess.
- Would he have some state bureaucrat decide which birth defect is economical to fix and which one should spell an immediate death sentence?
- And what are the chances of redundant bureaucrats being made redundant?
- The controllers form a separate class of corporate bureaucrats little different in outlook from civil servants.
- In such systems, the role of the party man or woman in government has been largely indistinguishable from that of obedient bureaucrat.
- There is also hope in the fact that Putin's previous careers as a spy, bureaucrat and politician were marked by mediocrity, not achievement.
- His analysis applies whether the bureaucrats in question are public spirited or not.
- Invariably a bureaucrat of the media company concerned fronts up and runs an abstract sort of case, but I insisted on turning up myself to argue my own case.
- Even now I don't understand how this Communist bureaucrat came to this view.
- In the Communist world, there was always another bureaucrat to pay the piper, so long as he played the right propaganda tune for the time.
- If you're to assume that all people and all crimes are alike, then you don't need courts at all, you simply need a bureaucrat sitting in an office.
- Remote groups of corporate private capitalists were replaced by remote boards of corporate public bureaucrats.
- An Africa where bureaucrats sit on plastic sofas and do bent deals from offices papered with Oxbridge degree certificates.
- The relationship between bureaucrat and citizen was that of ruler and subject.
- Secondly, the issue of asylum seekers is far too serious an issue to some of us to be fast-tracked by some bureaucrat.
- The real concern of the union bureaucrats is to not be left out of the ruling class' machinations.
- I am all for catching my train more quickly, but I do wonder why the bureaucrats are evading a public debate.
- This was because the senior bureaucrats being changed or shifted belonged to certain key departments.
- For a relatively low-level bureaucrat, he maintained remarkable access to the President.
- My big gripe is that one left-wing bureaucrat should have so much power and cause our elected MEP to raise the alarm bells.
- He first said that a top official in the U.S. government told him about the possible plan and later changed it to a former U.S. bureaucrat.
- Prime Minister José María Aznar rushed to contact Fidalgo personally and express his concern for the union bureaucrat's health.
Synonyms official, administrator, office-holder, office-bearer, civil servant, public servant, government servant, minister, functionary, appointee, apparatchik, mandarin British jack-in-office
Origin Mid 19th century: from French bureaucrate, from bureaucratie (see bureaucracy). Definition of bureaucrat in US English: bureaucratnounˈbyo͝orəˌkratˈbjʊrəˌkræt An official in a government department, in particular one perceived as being concerned with procedural correctness at the expense of people's needs. the unemployed will be dealt with not by faceless bureaucrats but by individuals Example sentencesExamples - Secondly, the issue of asylum seekers is far too serious an issue to some of us to be fast-tracked by some bureaucrat.
- However, many officials and bureaucrats agree that better management is essential.
- There is also hope in the fact that Putin's previous careers as a spy, bureaucrat and politician were marked by mediocrity, not achievement.
- We can't allow some government bureaucrat to label you an unlawful combatant, and thereby keep you in custody indefinitely.
- He first said that a top official in the U.S. government told him about the possible plan and later changed it to a former U.S. bureaucrat.
- The doggedly determined bureaucrat has vowed to disqualify any winner who is corrupt, but that may prompt yet a third round of elections for the Senate.
- The relationship between bureaucrat and citizen was that of ruler and subject.
- By definition a bureaucrat is an official who insists on a rigid adherence to rules and routine regardless of the needs of the situation.
- For a relatively low-level bureaucrat, he maintained remarkable access to the President.
- We'd save the 10 percent and the army of bureaucrats who administer the mess.
- If found guilty, the state's top bureaucrat will face imprisonment up to three months.
- Prime Minister José María Aznar rushed to contact Fidalgo personally and express his concern for the union bureaucrat's health.
- Hounded by petty bureaucrats out of his cramped offices on Calton Hill, art world legend Demarco has again landed on his feet.
- This was because the senior bureaucrats being changed or shifted belonged to certain key departments.
- The real concern of the union bureaucrats is to not be left out of the ruling class' machinations.
- One former senior bureaucrat used to laugh that when most lobbyists come walking down the corridor, politicians turn out the lights and pretend not to be in.
- In the Communist world, there was always another bureaucrat to pay the piper, so long as he played the right propaganda tune for the time.
- My big gripe is that one left-wing bureaucrat should have so much power and cause our elected MEP to raise the alarm bells.
- The controllers form a separate class of corporate bureaucrats little different in outlook from civil servants.
- Because the top concern of bureaucrats is to fend off future problems, the red tape piles up.
- Tighter rules were needed to stop taxpayers' funds being wasted on party political advertising, a senior parliamentary bureaucrat has said.
- Would he have some state bureaucrat decide which birth defect is economical to fix and which one should spell an immediate death sentence?
- An Africa where bureaucrats sit on plastic sofas and do bent deals from offices papered with Oxbridge degree certificates.
- Invariably a bureaucrat of the media company concerned fronts up and runs an abstract sort of case, but I insisted on turning up myself to argue my own case.
- Almost every influential politician and bureaucrat used this scam.
- But a senior health bureaucrat has contradicted that, saying he had briefed the Health Minister earlier.
- Remote groups of corporate private capitalists were replaced by remote boards of corporate public bureaucrats.
- If you're to assume that all people and all crimes are alike, then you don't need courts at all, you simply need a bureaucrat sitting in an office.
- I mean she was terribly aware of the bureaucrats and administrators with their workings.
- I am all for catching my train more quickly, but I do wonder why the bureaucrats are evading a public debate.
- Office workers and bureaucrats in the cities dress much the same as they do in the West.
- If you're a complacent state sector bureaucrat, enjoying your job stability and looking forward to your lush pension, it's time to start worrying.
- And what are the chances of redundant bureaucrats being made redundant?
- His analysis applies whether the bureaucrats in question are public spirited or not.
- One was a junior foreign ministry bureaucrat, Andrei Kozyrev, who was made foreign minister.
- In such systems, the role of the party man or woman in government has been largely indistinguishable from that of obedient bureaucrat.
- A sheet of paper - the texts of new drafts soon to be debated by faceless bureaucrats - were pored over.
- Even now I don't understand how this Communist bureaucrat came to this view.
- If the Conservatives vow to crack down on those milking the taxpayer for their lifestyle, whether bureaucrat or welfare king/queen, it will have wide appeal.
Synonyms official, administrator, office-holder, office-bearer, civil servant, public servant, government servant, minister, functionary, appointee, apparatchik, mandarin
Origin Mid 19th century: from French bureaucrate, from bureaucratie (see bureaucracy). |