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no-show
noun- an organized crime scheme in which someone appears on a legitimate payroll, is paid by a legitimate business, but performs no work US
- Henry was given the car so that he could be put on a building contractor’s payroll as a no-show and his salary divided among the Varios. — Nicholas Pileggi, Wise Guy, p. 24, 1985
- “He’s got this phantom union set up, and half the cops working this sector have got nice no-show jobs and nice paychecks.” — James Ellroy, American Tabloid, p. 98, 1995
- a non-appearance at an appointed time or place US, 1957
- Henry was given the car so that he could be put on a building contractor’s payroll as a no-show and his salary divided among the Varios. — Nicholas Pileggi, Wise Guy, p. 24, 1985
- “He’s got this phantom union set up, and half the cops working this sector have got nice no-show jobs and nice paychecks.” — James Ellroy, American Tabloid, p. 98, 1995
- [F]ind out why he pulled a no-show on his hearing yesterday. — Janet Evanovich, Seven Up, p. 4, 2001
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