GARBLE

I. transitive verb (~d; garbling) see: certain Date: 15th century cull 1, to sift impurities from, 3. to so alter or distort as to create a wrong impression or change the meaning , to introduce textual error into (a message) by inaccurate encipherment, transmission, or decipherment, ~r noun II. noun Date: 1502 the impurities removed from spices in sifting, an act or an instance of garbling