paperwork

Meanings

Plural: paperworks

Noun

• work that involves handling papers: forms or letters or reports etc.
• Routine work involving written documents.
• Written documents.
• Excessive paperwork, busy work, red tape.
• Court documents or pre-sentencing investigation reports detailing the prisoner's criminal history (usually in the context of discerning whether an inmate has been charged for sex-related offenses or is likely to be an informant).
• A work in paper.

Synonyms

administrativia, administrivia

Related Words

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