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Garbled

To pick out such parts (of a text) as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert

📖 Definitions of "Garbled"

verb
  1. 1

    To pick out such parts (of a text) as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert

    "to garble a quotation"

  2. 2

    To make false by mutilation or addition

    "The editor garbled the story."

  3. 3

    To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dross or dirt

    "to garble spices"

adjective
  1. 1

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

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