to confuse unintentionally or ignorantly; jumble

to garble instructions.

to make unfair or misleading selections from or arrangement of (fact, statements, writings, etc.); distort

to garble a quotation.

Archaic . to take out the best of.

the act or process of garbling.

an instance of garbling; a garbled phrase, literary passage, etc.

verb

decipher , order , pronounce , represent , translate , unscramble

verb

belie , color , confuse , corrupt , distort , doctor , falsify , jumble , misinterpret , mislead , misquote , misstate , mutilate , obscure , pervert , slant , tamper with , twist , warp , cull , disguise , mangle , misrepresent , scramble , sift , slur , wrench