Skulking

skulking
    n 1: evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated;
         "they developed a test to detect malingering" [syn:
         {malingering}, {skulking}]
    

Skulk \Skulk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Skulked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Skulking}.] [Of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. skulke to spare or
   save one's self, to play the truant, Sw. skolka to be at
   leisure, to shirk, Icel. skolla. Cf. {Scowl}.]
   To hide, or get out of the way, in a sneaking manner; to lie
   close, or to move in a furtive way; to lurk. "Want skulks in
   holes and crevices." --W. C. Bryant.
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         Discovered and defeated of your prey,
         You skulked behind the fence, and sneaked away.
                                                  --Dryden.
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42 Moby Thesaurus words for "skulking":
      back-door, backstairs, clandestine, covert, cowering, cringing,
      doggo, feline, furtive, hidden out, hidlings, hole-and-corner,
      hugger-mugger, in ambush, in hiding, in the wings, lurking,
      on tiptoe, privy, prowling, pussyfoot, pussyfooted, quailing,
      quiet, shifty, slinking, slinky, sly, sneaking, sneaky, stealing,
      stealthy, surreptitious, under cover, under-the-counter,
      under-the-table, undercover, underground, underhand, underhanded,
      unobtrusive, waiting concealed