garble
verb (used with object)
to confuse unintentionally or ignorantly; jumble.
has garbled
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present perfectof garble (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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But folk I talk to in Whitehall think the president has garbled some of the details of what the leaders discussed privately.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2026
By the time the conversation reaches wherever we’re storing government tech folk, the game of Telephone has garbled the comment into Governor mandate!
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2018
To this I alluded in the passage from which he quotes; but he has garbled that passage, and I must show it.
From Apologia pro Vita Sua by Newman, John Henry
Boccaccio has garbled the passage for the sake of his point.
From The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Payne, John
