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"She then began trying to decode the military culture and penetrate its byzantine bureaucracy."
(Geoffrey Stevens, Starving the military, Maclean's, 13th Apr. 1998)
Wordwise: Although the common historical meaning of 'Byzantine' relates to the ancient city of Byzantium, or to the Byzantine Empire; we sometimes use this word to describe a system which is highly complicated, intricate and involved - often with the purpose of keeping out outsiders.
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