歪曲

A lie is an aberration from the truth.

Witnesses claim to have been seriously misrepresented/misinterpreted.

The information may have been stretched a bit.

grimace with pain

conduct a cruel misrepresentation (of)

brook no distortion

crooked handwriting

misrepresent the author's intent

present a distorted picture

distort the nature of a problem

bend/distort/falsify the fact/truth; give the fact a twist

distort sb's motives/views/words

distort/garble/falsify the history

distort/slant the report