malinger

/mɐlˈɪŋɡə/

/mɐlˈɪŋɡɚ/

[verb]

to malinger

[VERB]

MAIN VERB

to fake illness in order to skip working or doing one's duties

synonyms : skulk

Examples

1. I've got malingering.

2. And I've got malingering.

3. And you can see that the psychiatrist is not permanently harmed, and in fact malingers and fakes the seriousness of his injury to get sympathy from his coworkers.

4. - There's actually a medical term for this called malingering.