garble

(noun, verb)

noun

1. (obsolete) refuse; rubbish

2. (obsolete) Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; garblings.

verb

1. make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

Similar word(s): distort, falsify, warp

Definition categories: communication, belie, misrepresent

Sentences with garble as a verb:

- The editor garbled the story.