= To feign a disability for the purpose of continuing to collect benefits longer than actually necessary
To feign a disability for the purpose of continuing to collect benefits longer than actually necessary (G)
\muh-LING-gur\, intransitive verb: To feign illness or inability in order to avoid duty or work
disapproval If someone is malingering, they pretend to be ill in order to avoid working. She was told by her doctor that she was malingering. to avoid work by pretending to be ill (malingre , from mal + haingre )
In the army, a soldier who feigns himself sick, or who induces or protracts an illness, in order to avoid doing his duty; hence, in general, one who shirks his duty by pretending illness or inability