malinger
verb (used without object)
to pretend illness, especially in order to shirk one's duty, avoid work, etc.
had malingered
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past perfectof malinger.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The same reward was given by mistake to the boilermaker, Mohammed Sa'íd Haddád, who had malingered, instead of working, through the night.
From The Land of Midian — Volume 1 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
