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bu·reauc·ra·tize
(byo͝o-rŏk′rə-tīz′)tr.v. bu·reauc·ra·tized, bu·reauc·ra·tiz·ing, bu·reauc·ra·tiz·es
To make into a bureaucracy or bring under bureaucratic control: "The failure of communication is built—or ... bureaucratized—into the legal system" (Anatole Broyard).
bu·reauc′ra·ti·za′tion (-tĭ-zā′shən) n.
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bureaucratize
(bjʊəˈrɒkrəˌtaɪz) orbureaucratise
vb
(tr) to administer by or transform into a bureaucracy
buˌreaucratiˈzation, buˌreaucratiˈsation n
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bu•reauc•ra•tize
(byʊˈrɒk rəˌtaɪz)v.t. -tized, -tiz•ing.
to cause to become bureaucratic or to resemble a bureaucracy.
[1890–95; < French]
bu•reauc`ra•ti•za′tion, n.
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bureaucratize
Past participle: bureaucratized
Gerund: bureaucratizing
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