TWIST

(CHANGE) [verb] [T] [disapproving] - to change (information) so that it gives the message you want it to give, esp. in a way that is dishonestHe twisted the facts of his early life to give the appearance of extreme poverty.This report shows how she twisted the truth to claim successes where none, in fact, existed.You're twisting my words - that's not what I said at all.