en red tape

An English term in ConceptNet 5.8

Sources: Open Mind Common Sense contributors, JMDict 1.07, German Wiktionary, English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary, and Open Multilingual WordNet
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Synonyms

  • en bureaucratic procedure (n, act) ➜
  • ja お役所仕事 (n) ➜
  • ja レッド テープ (n) ➜
  • ja レッドテープ (n) ➜
  • ja 吏臭 (n) ➜
  • ja 役所仕事 (n) ➜
  • ja 御役所仕事 (n) ➜
  • de amtsschimmel (n) ➜
  • de bürokratisch (a) ➜
  • en administrivia (n) ➜
  • af rompslomp ➜
  • de amtsschimmel ➜
  • en administrativia ➜
  • en administrivia ➜
  • en paperwork ➜
  • es burocracia ➜
  • es cinta roja ➜
  • es papeleo ➜
  • fa کاغذبازی ➜
  • fi paperisota ➜
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Related terms

  • cs úřední šiml (n) ➜
  • de amtsschimmel (n) ➜
  • de papierkram (n) ➜
  • en babudom (n) ➜
  • en bureaucracy (n) ➜
  • en bureaucratitis (n) ➜
  • en cut red tape ➜
  • en paperwork (n) ➜
  • en red tape gone mad ➜
  • en bureaucratic ➜
  • en regulation ➜
  • fr bureaucratie ➜
  • fr excessif ➜
  • es balduque (n) ➜
  • es tramitología (n) ➜
  • fi paperisota (n) ➜
  • fr paperasserie (n) ➜
  • hi लालफ़ीता (n) ➜
  • is bákn (n) ➜
  • ru блат (n) ➜
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Derived terms

  • en red tapism ➜
  • en red tapist ➜

Context of this term

  • en metonym ➜
  • fr administration ➜

Things that don't want red tape

  • en a person ➜

Derived from

  • en tape (n) ➜

Etymologically related

  • en green tape ➜

Links to other resources

  • en.wiktionary.org red tape
  • fr.wiktionary.org red tape
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