ghost payroller
US informal (chiefly depreciative )
noun
A person receiving a salary for a job that exists only nominally, or that requires little or no work, and which has been awarded through patronage, nepotism, or to ensure political allegiance.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Tri City Herald (Washington).
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