Is “Bureaucracy” a Scrabble word?

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Yes
BUREAUCRACY
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SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
Valid
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
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Large English Dictionary
General English word list
Valid

Meaning of Bureaucracy

/bjʊəˈɹɒkɹəsi/

noun
  1. 1.Government by bureaus or their administrators or officers.

  2. 2.(organizational theory) 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.

    At that time the administration replaced the system of patronage in the civil service with a bureaucracy.

  3. 3.The body of officers and administrators, especially of a government.

    The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy. (apocryphal quip)