What is "apparatchiki"

Usage examples of "apparatchiki".

The night, Carelin knew, was the time for clandestine assignations, suborning of apparatchiki, bribe-taking.

The Party itself was composed of a thousand little, grabbing, grasping hands: the Central Committee members, the local apparatchiki who had paid their dues, mouthed their slogans, attended the weekly meetings until they were sick to death of everything the Party said, but still stayed on because that was the path to advancement, and advancement meant privilege.