<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object)<ul><li>To confuse unintentionally or ignorantly; jumble: to garble instructions.</li><li>To make unfair or misleading selections from or arrangement of (facts, statements, writings, etc.); distort: to garble a quotation.</li><li>Archaic: To take out the best of.</li></ul></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>