feigned blindness
Refers to pretending to be blind; often used in contexts of deception or fraud. This term is sensitive, likely because it can be offensive or derogatory.
He was feigning blindness and swindling money from passersby.
There was a report of a person suspected of feigning blindness in front of the station.
Compound of 作り (tsukuri, 'making' or 'pretending') and 盲 (mekura, 'blindness'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word transparently means 'pretend blindness'.