noun.a body of nonelected government officials

• … the role played by the unelected bureaucracy in implementing policy …
• Designing a robust health bureaucracy, … and boosting patient satisfaction …

noun.an administrative policymaking group

• … French bureaucracy, with the different parts of the system not joined up and working together.
• But the patchwork of remedies has been complicated by state laws, politics and bureaucracy.

noun.government characterized by specialization of functions, adherence to fixed rules, and a hierarchy of authority