All 4 Uses

bureaucracy
in
The Hunt for Red October
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A seaman belongs at sea, not tied alongside, overrun with bureaucrats and workmen with dirty boots.†
Chpt 1.

bureaucrats = nonelective government officials
In a case like this the bureaucratic mind finds it most easy to do nothing.†
Chpt 5. *

bureaucratic = related to nonelective government officials or a complicated administrative system
Charlie, you tell Greer to teach this lad a few lessons—like how a bureaucrat ain't supposed to stick his neck this far out on the block.†
Chpt 7.

bureaucrat = a nonelective government official
She had only a token maintenance crew while the Pentagon bureaucrats debated her future.†
Chpt 10.

bureaucrats = nonelective government officials

Definitions:

(1) (bureaucracy)
nonelective government officials; or an excessively complicated or unresponsive administrative system
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)