malinger
to miss school or work by pretending to be ill
TRANSLATION
malinger = sich krank stellen, simulieren, sich drücken
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
The airline hopes to reduce the present level of sickness absence from an average of 17 days per worker, every year, to 10 days, within 12 months.
BA Director of Operations Mike Street said: "The agreed policy of absence is tough on persistent MALINGERERS while remaining compassionate towards the genuinely sick."
(BBC News - 21st August 2004)
BA Director of Operations Mike Street said: "The agreed policy of absence is tough on persistent MALINGERERS while remaining compassionate towards the genuinely sick."
(BBC News - 21st August 2004)
Did you
know?
malinger
To pretend incapacity (as illness) so as to avoid duty or work
Do you know someone who always seems to develop a sickness when there's work to be done? Then you know a "malingerer." The verb "malinger" comes from the French word "malingre," meaning "sickly," and one who "malingers" pretends illness.
In its earliest uses in the 19th century, "malinger" usually referred to a soldier or sailor pretending to be sick or insane to avoid duty.
Later, psychologists began using "malingering" as a clinical term to describe the pretence of illness in avoidance of a duty or for personal gain.
Today, "malinger" is used in just about any context in which someone fakes sickness or injury to get out of an undesirable task.
To pretend incapacity (as illness) so as to avoid duty or work
Do you know someone who always seems to develop a sickness when there's work to be done? Then you know a "malingerer." The verb "malinger" comes from the French word "malingre," meaning "sickly," and one who "malingers" pretends illness.
In its earliest uses in the 19th century, "malinger" usually referred to a soldier or sailor pretending to be sick or insane to avoid duty.
Later, psychologists began using "malingering" as a clinical term to describe the pretence of illness in avoidance of a duty or for personal gain.
Today, "malinger" is used in just about any context in which someone fakes sickness or injury to get out of an undesirable task.
