malinger

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To feign illness, injury, or incapacitation in order to avoid work, obligation, or perilous risk.

   It is not uncommon on exam days for several students to malinger rather than prepare themselves.

2. verb To self-inflict real injury or infection (to inflict self-harm) in order to avoid work, obligation, or perilous risk.

Similar words

skulk feign play-act masquerade counterfeit missignify play dumb mismanage mislike mump

Often followed by

or and in g on mental i at av

Word family

malingered malingerer malingerers malingering malingers