幽ゆう霊れい社しゃ員いん

noun

ghost employee; phantom employee; bogus employee

Refers to a person who is officially on the payroll but does not actually work, or whose existence is fabricated for fraudulent purposes such as embezzlement or tax evasion.

• その会かい社しゃでは幽ゆう霊れい社しゃ員いんが何なん人にんも見みつかった。

  Several ghost employees were discovered at that company.

• 幽ゆう霊れい社しゃ員いんを使つかって給きゅう与よを横おう領りょうしていた。

  He was embezzling salaries using phantom employees.