apparat
noun/ˌæpəˈrɑːt/
/ˌɑːpəˈrɑːt/
[usually singular]- (especially in the past) the system of officials, offices, etc. used by a Communist partyWord OriginRussian, from German, literally ‘apparatus’.
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