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malingerer

[muh-ling-ger-er] / məˈlɪŋ gər ər /


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“Ye’s lawyers called him a liar, a fraud, and a malingerer in court. His medical records, bank records, and personal family history were dissected, mocked, and vilified,” said attorney Ronald Zambrano in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

Gudetama is a genderless, cartoon egg with a sad face and a shiny yellow butt; a burnout, a slacker, a malingerer, crushed under the weight of their own melancholy.

From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2022

It’s starting to make me feel like I’m a malingerer.

From Washington Post • Jun. 24, 2022

Probably the most brilliant malingerer ever was the mafia chieftain Vincent Gigante, dubbed “Oddfather” by the New York press for his strange behavior.

From Slate • Aug. 7, 2012

A picture like this may readily arouse the suspicion that we are dealing with a malingerer, and, indeed, some very prominent German psychiatrists have reported as malingerers cases similar to this.

From Studies in Forensic Psychiatry by Glueck, Bernard




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