distortdis‧tort /dɪˈstɔrt/ ●○○ AWL verb [transitive] 
1
to report something in a way that is not completely correct, so that the true meaning is changed SYN twist, misrepresent: 
a reporter accused of distorting the facts2to change the shape or sound of something so that it is strange or difficult to recognize: Tall buildings distort radio waves. [Origin: 1400–1500 Latin distortus, past participle of distorquere “to twist out of shape”]—distorted adjective
1 to report something in a way that is not completely correct, so that the true meaning is changed SYN twist, misrepresent: a reporter accused of distorting the facts2to change the shape or sound of something so that it is strange or difficult to recognize: Tall buildings distort radio waves. [Origin: 1400–1500 Latin distortus, past participle of distorquere “to twist out of shape”]—distorted adjective
