malingering

ma·lin·ger  (m-lnggr)

intr.v. ma·lin·gered, ma·lin·ger·ing, ma·lin·gers

To feign illness or other incapacity in order to avoid duty or work.

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[From French malingre, sickly.]

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ma·linger·er n.

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Noun

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malingering - evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated; "they developed a test to detect malingering" skulking dodging, escape, evasion - nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do; "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive"