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"crib", "color", "distort", "falsify", "misinterpret", "misrepresent", "misstate", "pervert", "twist", "warp", "doctor", "fake", "tamper (with)", "elaborate", "embellish", "embroider", "exaggerate", "magnify", "pad", "stretch", "dodge", "evade", "hedge" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of":{ "examples":[ "fudged the facts about his educational background so he could get the position" ], "synonyms":[ "bend", "color", "cook", "distort", "falsify", "garble", "misinterpret", "misrelate", "misrepresent", "misstate", "pervert", "slant", "twist", "warp" ], "near synonyms":[ "misdescribe", "misspeak", "mistranslate", "belie", "camouflage", "disguise", "dissemble", "gloss (over)", "mask", "veil", "whitewash", "bowdlerize", "censor", "complicate", "confound", "confuse", "mistake", "mix (up)", "mystify", "obscure", "equivocate", "fib", "lie", "palter", "prevaricate" ], "near antonyms":[ "clarify", "clear (up)", 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