Feign sickness or injury (8)

I believe the answer is:

malinger

(Other definitions for malinger that I've seen before include "Skive by pretending to be ill" , "skive off school, maybe" , "shirk responsibilities" , "Loaf about in germinal way" , "Feign sickness to avoid work." .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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