English

Verb

malinger ‎(third-person singular simple present malingers, present participle malingering, simple past and past participle malingered)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To feign illness, injury, or incapacitation in order to avoid work or obligation.

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

   • 1984, The Psychiatric Quarterly, Volume 56

     It has been the impression of past investigators that persons who malinger psychosis have latent tendencies for the condition.

Related terms

• malingerer
• malingering
• malingery

Hypernyms

• goldbrick (dated)
• shirk

Translations

Anagrams

• germinal, Germinal
• maligner

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

malinger m, f

1. indefinite plural of maling