Feign sickness to avoid work (8)

I believe the answer is:

malinger

(Other definitions for malinger that I've seen before include "skive off school, maybe" , "Pretend to be sick" , "Avoid work by feigning illness" , "To shirk work" , "Feign illness to avoid work" .)

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

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