deliberate distortion

collocation in English

meaningsofdeliberateanddistortion

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deliberate
adjective
uk
/dɪˈlɪb.ər.ət/us
/dɪˈlɪb.ɚ.ət/
(often of something bad) intentional ...
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distortion
noun
uk
/dɪˈstɔː.ʃən/us
/dɪˈstɔːr.ʃən/
a change to the intended or true meaning ...
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(Definition ofdeliberateanddistortionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdeliberate distortion

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That is adeliberatedistortionof the facts.
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This is adeliberatedistortionof the truth.
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I shall say that it is adeliberatedistortionof the truth.
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They won the election by the manipulation of the economy, by economic sleight of hand and bydeliberatedistortionof the economic truth.
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The result of the general election already held is adeliberatedistortionof the people's will.
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To refer to the figures as evidence of oppressive and humiliating treatment is humbug and is the kind ofdeliberatedistortionof the facts that causes such harm.
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Yet again there was adeliberatedistortion.
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I will give them the benefit of the doubt and assume that that remark was made out of simple ignorance and was not adeliberatedistortionof the truth.
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Far more serious is the frequentdeliberatedistortionby the press and the wilful failure to correct the distortions if the correction does not suit the newspaper's agenda.
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They are dishonest and adeliberatedistortion.
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