skulking

skulk  (sklk)

intr.v. skulked, skulk·ing, skulks

1. To lie in hiding, as out of cowardice or bad conscience; lurk.

2. To move about stealthily.

3. To evade work or obligation; shirk.

n.

1. One who hides, lurks, or practices evasion.

2. A congregation of vermin, especially foxes, or of thieves. See Synonyms at flock¹.

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[Middle English skulken, of Scandinavian origin.]

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skulker n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

skulking - evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated; "they developed a test to detect malingering" malingering 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"