"mortpay" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mortpays [plural]
Etymology: French mort (“dead”) + English pay. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|mort||dead}} French mort (“dead”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} mortpay (plural mortpays)
  1. (obsolete) The crime of taking pay for the service of dead soldiers, or for services not actually rendered by soldiers. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-mortpay-en-noun-7CYi9fQf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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