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noun
A bureaucrat, etc. who indirectly assists in genocide or other killing by performing clerical tasks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: desk killer
Antonyms: none provided
History
Used by Gideon Hausner to describe Adolf Eichmann, but often attributed to Hannah Arendt.
