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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
garble/ˈɡɑːb(ə)l/

▶verb (often as adj. garbled) reproduce (a message or transmission) in a confused and distorted way. ▶noun a garbled account or transmission.

– derivatives
garbler noun.

– origin ME (in the sense ‘sift out, cleanse’): from Anglo-Latin and Ital. garbellare, from Arab. ġarbala ‘sift’, perh. from late L. cribellare ‘to sieve’.

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