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falsification(noun, lie, decay, corruption, falsehood)
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burlesque(noun, sham, picture, exaggeration, drawing)
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bias(noun, falsification, obliquity, deformity)
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corruption(noun, immorality, decay, depravity, perversion)
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crookedness(noun, twist, fault, lie, roughness)
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flaw(noun, blemish, error, coarseness, roughness)
7
misuse(noun, lie, misrepresentation, falsification, deformity)
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mutilation(noun, twist, lie, falsehood, falsification)
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overrefinement(noun, sickness, ache, anguishes)
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anamorphosis(noun, twist, misrepresentation)
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deception(noun, cover, line, lie, sham)
6
fabrication(noun, deception, lie, sham, story)
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irregularity(noun, lapse, defect, deviation, coarseness)
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kink(noun, blemish, misinterpretation, misapplication)
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misquotation(noun, misinterpretation)
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overstatement(noun, exaggeration, hype, metaphor)
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parody(noun, sham, picture, drawing, misrepresentation)
6
prevarication(noun, cover, line, deception, lie)
6
untruth(noun, deception, lie, sham, story)
6
warp(noun, twist, lie, branch, defect)
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