Payroller

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone on a payroll; someone who earns a salary.

    "Seven pages later in the same paper: "Marie A. D'Amico covered her face and sobbed Thursday as she was sentenced to a year in prison for being a ghost payroller in three local government jobs."

Example

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"Seven pages later in the same paper: "Marie A. D'Amico covered her face and sobbed Thursday as she was sentenced to a year in prison for being a ghost payroller in three local government jobs."

Etymology

From payroll + -er.

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