<p><strong>Verb:</strong></p><ul><li><p>to garble</p></li><li><p>(used with object)</p></li><li><p>garbled</p></li><li><p>garbling</p></li><li><p>to confuse unintentionally or ignorantly; jumble: to garble instructions.</p></li><li><p>to make unfair or misleading selections from or arrangement of (fact, statements, writings, etc.); distort: to garble a quotation.</p></li><li><p>Archaic: to take out the best of.</p></li></ul><p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>the act or process of garbling.</li><li>an instance of garbling; a garbled phrase, literary passage, etc.</li></ul>