contextomize

To quote somebody out of context, often to give a false impression of what they said.

Verb

  1. To quote somebody out of context, often to give a false impression of what they said.

Origin

From contextomy + -ize.

Forms

contextomize contextomizing contextomized

Synonyms

quote mine dissect

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