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bureaucratic discretion

byoo-roh-KRAT-ik dis-KRESH-un

ˌbjʊərəˈkrætɪk dɪˈskrɛʃən

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bureaucraticdiscretion

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authority given to government officials to make judgments about how rules and policies should be applied in specific cases

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