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official forms

NOUN

red tape

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bureaucracy

WEAK

authority bureaucratic paperwork city hall government management official procedures officialdom officialism paper shuffling powers that be proper channels regulatory commission the Establishment the system

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The remaining approximately 800,000 asylum seekers, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, arrived in the bloc via unofficial routes, including the Greek-Turkish border.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2023

Achieving the 500 milestone was "amazing" although during the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions, he said he ran 62 "unofficial" routes of the Bedford Parkrun, as part of his daily exercise.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2023

The rise in Afghans going to bordering countries was "not a massive outflow" but was mostly happening via unofficial routes and so was difficult to monitor, he added.

From Reuters • Sep. 13, 2021

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