feigning

conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end

v conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end

v influence by slyness v conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end

someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity

n someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity n a person who makes deceitful pretenses