noun
malingering
Malingering (noun) means the intentional feigning of an illness or injury for personal gain or to avoid a responsibility, such as work, military service, or legal consequences.
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The intentional feigning of an illness or injury for personal gain or to avoid a responsibility, such as work, military service, or legal consequences.
"Owners also restricted access to medical care by routinely accusing sick blacks of malingering. Slave narratives and planters’ records reveal that an owner faced with a sick slave was likely to believe the illness was feigned."
— Harriet A. Washington, Southern Discomfort (2008)
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Rhymes for malingering
peering
tapering
lowering
covering
offering
entering
altering
cheering
steering
uttering
ordering
towering
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What is the meaning of malingering?
"malingering" (noun) means the intentional feigning of an illness or injury for personal gain or to avoid a responsibility, such as work, military service, or legal consequences.
What is another word for malingering?
Other words for "malingering" include skulking.
