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red tape

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" Red Tape " is a song by French singer Amanda Lear released in 1981 by Ariola Records .

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ U.S. companies fear the red tape will scare off customers. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ All the bureaucratic disclosures and red tape in the country can not offset either. ▪ But red tape is not the only or even the main problem. ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The binding tape once used for holding important documents together. 2 (lb en idiomatic) Time-consuming regulations or bureaucratic procedures.

Usage examples of red tape.

Plod are so busy working their paper or playing Twister with rolls of red tape that wankers like Mick have free rein to bash the vulnerable and frighten the horses.

He was deep inside himself I guessed that he was looking at the red tape and rule books that had allowed so many criminals to make their living from the suffering of others and get away with it.