5
misread(verb, pervert, misconstrue, misunderstand, misinterpret)
5
misreport(verb, promote, twist, confuse, lie)
5
overdraw(verb, promote, fake, plant, twist)
5
prejudice(noun, verb, break, cut, hurt)
5
taint(verb, ruin, damage, influence, spoil)
5
tinge
5
travesty(verb, twist, mock, ridicule, imitate)
4
burlesque(verb, twist, mock, ridicule, imitate)
4
con(verb, falsify, deform)
4
debase(verb, twist, spoil, corrupt, degrade)
4
debauch(verb, twist, spoil, corrupt, degrade)
4
degrade(verb, debase, taint, pervert)
4
desecrate(verb, spoil, corrupt, pervert, deprave)
4
discolor(verb, ruin, damage, spoil, blemish)
4
divert(verb, spoil, corrupt, deprave)
4
fabricate(verb, promote, fake, plant, deceive)
4
fog
4
grimace(noun, verb, expression, ruin, twist)
4
hyperbolize(verb, inflate, falsify, magnify, amplify)
4
influence(verb, affect, sway, bias, modify)
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