malingerer

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malingerer

/məˈlɪŋɡəɹə/ UK

noun malingerers · malingeror

A person who malingers. It is telling, in this context of rising rates of mental illness, that New Labour committed itself, early in its third term in government, to removing people from Incapacity Benefit, implying that many, if not most, claimants are malingerers.
Similar: goldbrick, one of his majesty's bad bargains, pseudopatient

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noun person who malingers

Deutsch	Simulant, Simulatin, Scheinkranker, Scheinkranke
Русский	симуля́нт simuljánt, симуля́нтка simuljántka

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@misc{malingerer_2026,
  title = {malingerer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/malingerer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}