garble
Pronunciation:
/ˈɡɑː(ɹ)bəl/noun
Definitions
Confused or unintelligible speech.
Refuse; rubbish.
Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; garblings.
verb
Definitions
To pick out such parts (of a text) as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert
Example: to garble a quotation
To make false by mutilation or addition
Example: The editor garbled the story.
To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dross or dirt
Example: to garble spices