apparat
Plural: apparats
Noun
- The administrative system of an organization, especially a political one.
- The Soviet machinery of state bureaucratic administration, or a similar communistic structure.
Examples
- He accused the Scrabble club’s scoring apparat of being biased.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Russian аппара́т (apparát, “apparatus, apparat”). Doublet of apparatus.
Scrabble Score: 11
apparat: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordapparat: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
apparat: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 13
apparat: valid Words With Friends Word