ghost employee in English

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          "working",
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          "sense": "a registered employee that does not work",
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          "word": "funcionário-fantasma"
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          "sense": "a registered employee that does not work",
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a registered employee that does not work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "funcionário-fantasma"
    },
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "marajá"
    }
  ],
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"ghost employee" meaning in English

Noun

Inflected forms