動詞 garble:

1. make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
   同義詞：falsify, distort, warp

gar.ble

v.tr.（及物動詞）
gar.bled,gar.bling,gar.bles
To mix up or distort to such an extent as to make misleading or incomprehensible:
混淆，歪曲：混雜或歪曲到一定程度以使誤解或使難理解：
例句：
She garbled all the historical facts.
她歪曲了所有歷史事實

To scramble (a signal or message), as by erroneous encoding or faulty transmission.
使混亂，使不清楚：通過錯誤的編碼或錯誤的傳送攪亂（信號或消息）
Archaic To sort out; cull.
【古語】 挑選；精選
n.（名詞）
The act or an instance of garbling.
混淆：混淆的行動或實例

來源：
Middle English garbelen [to inspect and remove refuse from spices]
中古英語 garbelen [檢查并從香料中除掉雜質]
from Anglo-Norman garbeler [to sift,]
源自 英法語 garbeler [精選，篩]
and from Medieval Latin garbell3re
并源自 中世紀拉丁語 garbell3re
both from Arabic ôarbala [to select]
都源自 阿拉伯語 ôarbala [挑選]
from ôirb3l [sieve]
源自 ôirb3l [篩]
from Late Latin crobellum
源自 后期拉丁語 crobellum
diminutive of Latin crobrum * see krei-
拉丁語 crobrum的小后綴 *參見 krei-

【引伸】
gar.bler