apparat

American  

[ap-uh-rat, ah-puh-raht] / ˌæp əˈræt, ˌɑ pəˈrɑt /

noun

1. an organization or existing power structure, especially a political one.

   a position of leadership within the party apparat; The chess apparat is not eager to change tournament rules.

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apparat British  

/ ˌæpəˈrɑːt /

noun

1. the Communist Party organization in the former Soviet Union and other states

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Etymology

Origin of apparat

1940–45; < Russian apparát originally, scientific apparatus < German < Latin apparātus. See apparatus

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

apparat

The security apparat would weary of the task.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2025

It is, he says, made up of the "only systems that work -- the army, the KGB and the good old party apparat."

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

If there was any doubt in anybody's mind that the great Kremlin apparat has ganged up to brand Tito once again as a dangerous heretic, that doubt vanished last week.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the meetings of the Prime Ministers and President Wilson le ton était celui de la conversation; nul apparat, nulle pose.

From Peaceless Europe by Francesco Saverio Nitti

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