DISTORT

v. 1 twist, warp, deform, misshape, contort, gnarl, bend, disfigure, wrench The car was completely distorted in the crash 2 twist, warp, slant, tamper with, colour, varnish, torture, pervert, misrepresent, fabricate, falsify, misstate, alter, change, bend, garble, violate She distorted the facts if she said it was Bill who had a gun