apparat
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of apparat
1940–45; < Russian apparát originally, scientific apparatus < German < Latin apparātus. See apparatus
Example Sentences
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The security apparat would weary of the task.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025
Partly because of his clashes with the party apparat, Yeltsin became known as a maverick while running the Moscow party committee: he was outspoken, impetuous and disdainful of authority.
From Time Magazine Archive
While both are considered supporters of perestroika, they are also veteran members of the party apparat, come from the same ideological mold as the men they replaced and give no hint of brilliance.
From Time Magazine Archive
The man charged with implementing these ideas in Kosovo was General Sreten Lukic, a high-ranking member of the state-security apparat and a personal friend of Milosevic's.
From Time Magazine Archive
The United States Secret Service doesn't mess around when it suspects a possible action by a foreign intelligence apparat.
From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Sterling, Bruce
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