Definition of "malingerers" [malingerers]

• Plural form of malingerer. (noun)

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• "When Gen. George S. Patton slapped a couple of "malingerers" at a field hospital in World War II, he was way out of line."
• "Deny the "malingerers" and "psychopaths" mental health treatment and leave them warehoused in cells within supermaximum security units."
• "The force systems that ‘flag up’ such transgressors is a bit arbitrary but the actual implementation is pretty well left to the discretion of individual managers and the skill is identifying the malingerers and supporting the genuine cases, particularly if someone is hiding issues like stress etc."