misquote[verb]Synonyms: misrepresent, falsify, twist
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
mis‧quote /ˌmɪsˈkwəʊt/
verb [transitive] to make a mistake in reporting what someone else has said:
Dr Hall said he had been misquoted in the press.—misquotation /ˌmɪskwəʊˈteɪʃən $ -kwoʊ-/
noun [uncountable and countable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲