feign

When I confront the group of boys, one feigns innocence, claiming he’d been speaking to his friend.

Veronica offers to go upstairs with Luther instead, but he feigns confusion.

The Republican nominee responded with feigned ignorance: "Uh, I don't know the situation."

Moreover, Stewart highlighted various statements from the U.S. and foreign policy officials who have feigned ignorance saying the U.S. was unaware when Israel would deploy these bombs, claiming, "it was not involved in these incidents."

Simply put, a player could feign injury to prevent the resumption of play and slow their opponents' momentum - but it is virtually impossible to prove.