obfuscating

/AA0 B F AH0 S K EY0 T IH0 NG/
verb
  1. 1

    To make dark; overshadow

  2. 2

    To deliberately make more confusing in order to conceal the truth.

    โ€œBefore leaving the scene, the murderer set a fire in order to obfuscate any evidence of their identity.โ€

  3. 3

    To alter code while preserving its behavior but concealing its structure and intent.

    โ€œWe need to obfuscate these classes before we ship the final release.โ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/obfuscate, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/obfuscating