Mortpay

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mortpay \Mort"pay`\, n. [F. mort dead + E. pay.]
     Dead pay; the crime of taking pay for the service of dead
     soldiers, or for services not actually rendered by soldiers.
     [Obs.] --Bacon.
     [1913 Webster] Mortress