garbled
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
adjective
Definitions
(of a message etc) difficult to understand because it has been distorted; scrambled