Pretend to do it, or actually do it in order to avoid doing the other thing?
You may be thinking of skulking or malingering – both feigning “something” to avoid doing something else.
Originally Posted: https://www.quora.com/What-is-it-called-when-you-pretend-to-do-something-youd-normally-do-to-get-out-of-doing-something-else
Originally Posted On: 2016-05-10