Government by bureaus or their administrators or officers.
The body of officers and administrators, especially of a government.
Excessive red tape and routine in any administration, body or behaviour.
A system of administration based upon organisation into bureaus, division of labour, a hierarchy of authority, etc., designed to dispose of a large body of work in a routine manner.
In parliamentary forms of government, the branches of government that are not military, legislative, or judicial, but work to apply its laws and regulations.
The body of civilian employees of any level of government, not subject to political appointment and removal, normally hired and promoted largely on the basis of competitive examination.