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garbled

verb

Meaning

  1. To pick out such parts (of a text) as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert
  2. To make false by mutilation or addition
  3. To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dross or dirt
  4. (of a message etc) difficult to understand because it has been distorted; scrambled

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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