Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To make into a bureaucracy or bring under bureaucratic control.
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- verb To bring something under the control of a
bureaucracy ; to make bureaucratic.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Shortly after Hayes' story was published, the Department of Defense issued a terse statement saying, in the kind of bureaucratize in which the DOD specializes, pay no attention to this.
Peace, order and good government, eh?: June 2004 Archives 2004
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Before a new rule could be instituted, it had to be justified with a cost-benefit analysis, making it more challenging for bureaucrats to bureaucratize.
You Know I’m Right Michelle Caruso-Cabrera 2010
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Republican lawmakers say such measures would bureaucratize the nation's health system and stifle job creation.
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We have tried to bureaucratize charity, and failed miserably.
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Instead of revealing the hard facts of criminal trials, managers and officials within the criminal justice system are often inclined to rent-seek, collude, and bureaucratize.
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As government spending, even under Republican rule, grows faster than ever before; as new plans to further bureaucratize American health care arise; as the benefits of free trade and free movement of capital and labor are under continued assault -- Rand's consistent, passionate and even heroic defense of American freedom is sorely needed.
Rand and the Right 2007
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He simply can't abide their efforts to modernize and bureaucratize the precincts of Hell.
CODRESCU REVIEW TEV 2004
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He simply can't abide their efforts to modernize and bureaucratize the precincts of Hell.
The Elegant Variation: TEV 2004
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I think what the people who've been here for many years said was that they liked the fact that we were moving back toward a more informal summit process where we focused on one or two big issues, where we tried to get one or two things done, and we didn't overly bureaucratize it.
Presidents Press Conference With P M Of Canada Japan ITY National Archives 1993
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Mr. Cadman was critical of a provision requiring protesters to develop traffic management plans, which he said would "bureaucratize the process for everyone who wants to express themselves freely on our streets."
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed ROBERT MATAS 2011
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