English verb: garble | |||
| 1. | garble (communication) make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story | ||
| Synonyms | distort, falsify, warp | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | belie, misrepresent | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | mangle, murder, mutilate | ||