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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
   "They found that defendants in criminal court with a diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder were more likely to malinger memory deficits";
   - skulk

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

Encyclopedia: Malingering