gar•bleˈgɑr bəl(v.; n.)-bled, -bling

1. (v.t.)to confuse unintentionally or ignorantly; jumble:

   to garble instructions.

2. to make misleading selections from or arrangement of (fact, statements, writings, etc.); distort:

   to garble a quotation.

3. (n.)an act or instance of garbling.

Origin of garble:

1400–50; late ME garbelen to remove refuse from spices < early It garbellare to sift < Ar gharbala < LL crībellāre, der. of crībellum, dim. of L crībrum sieve (see -elle )

gar′bler(n.)