distort the meaning

distort the meaning
I verb belie, bias, contort, deform, distort, falsify, garble, interpret incorrectly, manipulate, misapply, misapprehend, miscolor, misconceive, misconstrue, misdirect, misinterpret, misjudge, misread, misrender, misreport, misstate, mistranslate, misuse, pervert, put a false construction on, twist, warp associated concepts: distort the meaning of a decision, distort the meaning of a statute, distort the truth II index misconceive

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