garble: Meaning and Definition of

gar•ble

1. to confuse unintentionally or ignorantly; jumble: to garble instructions.
2. to make unfair or misleading selections from or arrangement of (fact, statements, writings, etc.); distort: to garble a quotation.
3. to take out the best of.

1. the act or process of garbling.
2. an instance of garbling; a garbled phrase, literary passage, etc.