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To bend the truth out of shape until it confesses to something it never did.
means To twist, warp, or misrepresent something from its true form, sound, meaning, or appearance.
from From Latin distortus, past participle of distorquere, to twist apart, from dis- (apart) plus torquere (to twist) — the same root behind torture and torque.
Guitar goldDistorted amps turned a flaw into rock's signature sound.
Optical cousinLenses distort edges, bending straight lines into curves.
Same rootShares ancestry with torque, torment, and contort.