feign

The pupil feigned sickness on the day of his exam.

He feigned that he had gone home at the appointed time.

Cahill was beaten far too easily for Miller's goal, although the striker deserves the credit for the way he controlled Alan Hutton's right-wing delivery, with his back to goal, feigned to his left then went the other way and pinged a splendid left-foot shot into Hart's bottom right-hand corner.

Jessica feigned the fact that she had not done her homework.