malingering

Definitions of malingering
  1. noun
    evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated
    “they developed a test to detect malingering”
    synonyms: skulking
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    type of:
    dodging, escape, evasion
    nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
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