Pretending
Pretending noun - The act of giving a false appearance.
Suspect and pretending are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Suspect" instead an adjective "Pretending".
Suspect
Suspect adjective - Giving good reason for being doubted, questioned, or challenged.
Pretending and suspect are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pretending" instead an adjective "Suspect".
Nearby Words: suspected, suspecting
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Later, when she's pretending to be dead, someone who wasn't a prime suspect Forges the Will, drawing suspicion on themselves... but actually, opportunistic forgery is all they're guilty of.
Source: Inheritance Murder - The new Starsky & Hutch movie has the heroes pretending to be a performer at a Bar Mitzvah in order to infiltrate a suspect's home.
Source: Rite of Passage - In addition to throwing out theories and then pretending it was all just a joke, his info is the most suspect, since much of it was just placed in his brain by Haruhi's subconscious.
Source: Unreliable Expositor
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