[v] make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
distort, falsify, warp
adulterate, Aesopian language, argot, babble, Babel, ball up, becloud, belie, bias, bollix up, burlesque, camouflage, cant, caricature, cipher, code, color, complicate, conceal, confound, confuse, contort, corrupt, cryptogram, disguise, distort, doctor, d