malinger

 
Pronunciation: /məˈlɪŋgə/

verb

[no object]
  • pretend to be ill in order to escape duty or work: people who had psychosomatic complaints were probably malingering

Origin:

early 19th century: back-formation from malingerer, apparently from French malingre, perhaps formed as mal- 'wrongly' + haingre 'weak', probably of Germanic origin