garbled

/G AA1 R B AH0 L D/

verb

1
To pick out such parts (of a text) as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert
“to garble a quotation”
2
To make false by mutilation or addition
“The editor garbled the story.”
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
(of a message etc) difficult to understand because it has been distorted; scrambled

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