faking

To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.

To modify fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is

To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.

To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.

“to fake a marriage”

To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form, to prevent twisting when running out.