Sentence:  Jubal could n't reconstruct the crime from the way the girls <WSD>behaved</WSD> because patterns kept shifting - ABC vs D , then BCD vs A & & & or AB vs CD , or AD vs CB , through all ways that four women can gang up on each other . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself