habían fingido
-they/you had pretended
Past perfect ellos/ellas/ustedes conjugation of fingir.

fingir

Moritoki había conocido hombres que habían fingido estar al borde de la locura para disculpar comportamientos por los que si no hubiesen sido castigados.
Moritoki had known men in his day who feigned at the edges of madness in order to excuse behaviors they would otherwise have been punished for.
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