garble
verb
[ ˈɡɑːb(ə)l ]
• reproduce (a message, sound, or transmission) in a confused and distorted way.
• "the connection was awful and kept garbling his voice"
Similar:
mix up,
muddle,
jumble,
confuse,
blur,
slur,
obscure,
distort,
twist,
twist around,
warp,
misstate,
misquote,
misreport,
misrepresent,
mistranslate,
misinterpret,
misconstrue,
tamper with,
tinker with,
change,
alter,
doctor,
falsify,
pervert,
corrupt,
adulterate,
misarticulate,
misrender,
garble
noun
• a garbled account or transmission.
• "most readers assumed the word was a typographical garble"
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘sift out, cleanse’): from Anglo-Latin and Italian garbellare, from Arabic ġarbala ‘sift’, perhaps from late Latin cribellare ‘to sieve’, from Latin cribrum ‘sieve’.
