Feigning and Ruse

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Feigning noun - Pretending with intention to deceive.

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Ruse and feigning are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ruse" instead a noun "Feigning".

Nearby Words: feigned, feign

Ruse noun - A deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture).

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Feigning and ruse are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Feigning" instead a noun "Ruse".

Mother birds, most famously Lapwings and Killdeer, though other species have been observed to use this ruse as well, sometimes try to lure predators from their nests by feigning an injured wing.

Source: Acrophobic Bird
Holmes was feigning illness, as a ruse to get the suspect to admit both the original crime and the subsequent attempt to infect Holmes, with Watson hidden in the room to serve as witness.

Source: Ain't Too Proud to Beg
When she finally confesses her ruse to her supervising physician, her husband's brother, he reveals that he knew she'd been feigning insanity the whole time and thus intends to keep her there indefinitely.

Source: Go Among Mad People

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