expediente
ex.pe.di.en.te
[espedi′ẽti]
sm
1 business or office hours.
2 the work of an office or governmental bureau.
3 everyday tasks.
4 the post or mail of a governmental bureau.
5 something expedient: a temporary means to an end: tenho de inventar um expediente / I must think of a way out, of a loophole.
adj m+f
1 expeditious, quick, hasty, speedy, active.
2 dispatching.Expressõester expediente to be hasty, active, ready.
viver de expedientes to do odd jobs, engage in illegal business to survive.