misquote
verb
[ mɪsˈkwəʊt ]
• quote (a person or a piece of written or spoken text) inaccurately.
• "the government insisted that the official had been misquoted"
Similar:
misreport,
misrepresent,
misstate,
quote incorrectly,
take/quote out of context,
distort,
twist,
slant,
bias,
put a spin on,
pervert,
falsify,
garble,
muddle,
mistranslate,
misrender,
misquote
noun
• a passage or remark quoted inaccurately.
• "a misquote from a poem by Robert Burns"
