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bureaucratize
bu·reau·cra·tize [ byoo rókrə tz ] (past and past participle bu·reau·cra·tized, present participle bu·reau·cra·tiz·ing, 3rd person present singular bu·reau·cra·tiz·es)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. make something into bureaucracy: to change a system into a bureaucracy
2. make something too rigid or complex: to make a system or procedure rigid or complex

bu·reau·cra·ti·za·tion [ byoo ròkrəti záysh'n ] noun
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