Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Source : WordNet®

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