apparatchik meaning

• Noun: apparatchik
  1. A humorous but derogatory term for an official of a large organization (especially a political organization)
     "Democratic apparatchiks" 
  2. A communist who was a member of the administrative system of a communist party

  Derived forms: apparatchiks

  Type of: commie, communist, functionary, official, red

  Encyclopedia: Apparatchik

Examples

1. The Communists were right : He is an apparatchik above all.
2. As a Communist apparatchik, he must side with the party.
3. But Cheney's real record is that of an apparatchik.
4. He is beginning to shed his image as a bland apparatchik.
5. The same old apparatchiks will then dominate government, business and politics.