apparat
noun
ap·pa·rat ˈa-pə-ˌrat 
ˌä-pə-ˈrät
ˌä-pə-ˈrät : apparatus sense 2
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Even so, with some lobbying by a chum in the apparat, he was invited to join up. 
Edward Kosner, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2022
Edward Kosner, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2022 Word History
Etymology
Russian
First Known Use
1941, in the meaning defined above
- get to first base
- get to grips with
- get to sleep
- get to the bottom of
- get to the point
- get to work
- get together
- get togged out
- get togged up
- get tongues wagging
- get tough on
- get tough on crime
- get under someone's skin
- get undressed
- get up
- get up on the wrong side of the bed
- get up someone's nose
- get what's coming to one
- get wind of
- get with it
- get with the program
- get with the times
- get wrong
- get your ass back here
- get your oar in