pretend

Behave unnaturally or affectedly.

Represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like.

State insincerely.

“She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber”

“She pretends to be an expert on wine”

Make believe with the intent to deceive.

Put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation.

“I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong”

Put forward a claim and assert right or possession of.

“pretend the title of King”

The enactment of a pretense.

“it was just pretend”

Imagined as in a play.

“dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish”