feign

It seems to me to be very image-conscious, and you even have ex-prison guards and the like feigning street cred.

She immediately descended to her room, and feigning sickness, threw herself upon her couch.

But then she fell back, like a broom on its handle, and stared at me, feigning anger.

Taylor slipped off the rock and started toward Bud, feigning resentment.

He, accordingly, at times amused himself by feigning to be shot dead, suddenly dropping down beside one of his culverins.

He looked at her so smilingly, feigning joy in his countenance when he stood on the threshold of death.