Cook
Cook verb - To change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of.
Usage example: it turns out the pharmaceutical researcher had cooked her data
Twist
Twist verb - To change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of.
Usage example: my enemies will twist my words, but you'll only hear the truth out of me
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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With a slight twist- everyone apart from the cook is actually a mutant cannibal creature disguised by magic; they keep the human cook around to make things seem more "normal."
Source: Inn of No Return -
In a slight twist, Victor is normally a better cook than she is.
Source: Through His Stomach
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