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Noun: apparatchik  u'pa-ru-cheek
  1. A humorous but derogatory term for an official of a large organization (especially a political organization)
    "Democratic apparatchiks"
     
  2. A communist who was a member of the administrative system of a communist party

Derived forms: apparatchiks

Type of: commie, communist, functionary, official, red

Encyclopedia: Apparatchik