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   apparatchik

   /ˌapəˈra(t)tʃɪk/

   noun

   • 1. a member of a Communist Party apparat: "old apparatchiks have given way to the Russian government's young reformers"
   • ▪ an official in a large political organization: "Tory apparatchiks"

   Word Origin 1940s: Russian, from apparat (see apparat).

   Scrabble Points: 24

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