[BipolarBob]

Does that mean they were fired?

No, it means they were tolerated. It's NEWSPEAK as outlined by Orwell. Words just mean what they say they mean and it is often the opposite of what it sounds like.

[wrencher]

It likely means they got some extra paid time off.

[Starstruck]

Words just mean what they say they mean and it is often the opposite of what it sounds like.

You mean like:

The incidents were often self-reported, revealed while the officers took polygraph tests....

[Elsie]

Words just mean what they say they mean and it is often the opposite of what it sounds like.

Nothing new under the sun...

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'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone,

' it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less.'

'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so many different things.'

'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master - that's all.'