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authority(noun, paperwork, formalities, bureaucracy)
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bureaucracy(noun, paperwork, formalities)
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bureaucratic paperwork
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city hall(noun, expression, paperwork, formalities, bureaucracy)
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government(noun, paperwork, formalities, bureaucracy)
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management(noun, paperwork, formalities, bureaucracy)
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official forms(noun, expression, paperwork, formalities, bureaucracy)
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official procedures(noun, expression, paperwork, formalities, bureaucracy)
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officialdom(noun, paperwork, formalities, bureaucracy)
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officialism(noun, paperwork, formalities, bureaucracy)
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paper shuffling(noun, expression, paperwork, formalities, bureaucracy)
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powers that be(noun, expression, idiom, paperwork, formalities)
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proper channels(noun, expression, paperwork, formalities, bureaucracy)
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regulatory commission(noun, expression, paperwork, formalities, bureaucracy)
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the Establishment
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the powers that be
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the system
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