bureaucratize

• bureaucratise

From bureaucrat +‎ -ize.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bjʊəˈɹɒkɹətʌɪz/

bureaucratize (third-person singular simple present bureaucratizes, present participle bureaucratizing, simple past and past participle bureaucratized)

1. (transitive) To bring under the control of a bureaucracy; to make bureaucratic.
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 432:

     Measures aiming to centralize and bureaucratize the state's central finances […] were also introduced, bringing greater economy and rationality to the Treasury.