1. Evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated
   "they developed a test to detect malingering"
   - skulking

1. Avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill
   - skulk

See also: malingerer

Type of: dodging, escape, evasion, fiddle, goldbrick [N. Amer], shirk, shrink from

Encyclopedia: Malinger

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