Malinger \Ma*lin"ger\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. MAlingered; p. pr.
   & vb. n. Malingering.]
   To act the part of a malingerer; to feign illness or
   inability.
   [1913 Webster]

	

	malingering
    n 1: evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated;
         "they developed a test to detect malingering" [syn:
         malingering, skulking]

	

	18 Moby Thesaurus words for "malingering":
   cagey, clock-watching, dodging, ducking, elusive, elusory, evasive,
   goofing off, shifty, shirking, skulking, slacking, slippery,
   soldiering, tax dodging, tax evasion, truancy, welshing