1. to quote incorrectly or inaccurately

1. an incorrect or inaccurate quotation

Examples

• The reporter was accused of misquoting the senator’s remarks.
• She often misquotes famous lines from Shakespeare.
• The article contained several misquotes from the interview.
• He claimed the newspaper had misquoted him about his position on taxes.
• That’s a common misquote of what Einstein actually said.
• The politician sued the magazine for misquoting his speech.
• Please don’t misquote me when you write your story.