The act of distorting, confusing, or jumbling information; making something unclear or misleading through mangling.
Present participle of 'garble,' formed by adding '-ing.' See 'garble' for full etymology.
The 'garbling' of ancient texts happened constantly in the Middle Ages—scribes copying by hand accidentally garbled letters and words, and we can actually trace which monasteries made which copying errors!
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