Usually means: Feigning illness to avoid work.
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Definitions from Wikipedia (Malingering)

noun:  the fabrication, feigning, or exaggeration of physical or psychological symptoms designed to achieve a desired outcome, such as personal gain, relief from duty or work, avoiding arrest, receiving medication, or mitigating prison sentencing.


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