Garble (verb)
gahr-bl
To confuse unintentionally or ignorantly; jumble.
1400–50; late Middle English garbelen to remove refuse from spices, Old Italian garbellare to sift, Arabic gharbala, Late Latin crībellāre, derivative of crībellum, diminutive of Latin crībrum sieve ( -elle ); probably influenced by garboil
Example sentences
“Every garbled statement from him reduces our credibility more and more.”
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