malinger
verb (used without object)
to pretend illness, especially in order to shirk one's duty, avoid work, etc.
are malingering
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present progressiveof malinger.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Are we to assume that these students are malingering?
From Studies in Forensic Psychiatry by Bernard Glueck
He and the conch are malingering in the sick shed.
From Black Caesar's Clan : a Florida Mystery Story by Albert Payson Terhune
