Mortpay

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The crime of taking pay for the service of dead soldiers, or for services not actually rendered by soldiers. historical, obsolete

    "the severe punishing of mortpays and keeping back soldiers' wages in captain"

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"the severe punishing of mortpays and keeping back soldiers' wages in captain"

Etymology

From French mort (“dead”) + English pay.

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