funcionário-fantasma

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Literally, ghost employee.

Noun[edit]

funcionário-fantasma m (plural funcionários-fantasmas, feminine funcionária-fantasma, feminine plural funcionárias-fantasmas)

  1. ghost employee (a registered employee receiving taxpayers' money without actually working)
    Synonym: marajá