misquote

Plural: misquotes

Noun

• an incorrect quotation
• An incorrect recitation or recording of a quotation.

Verb

• quote incorrectly
  • "He had misquoted the politician"
• To incorrectly recite or record a quotation.

Examples

• "I'm so embarrassed, I misquoted Hamlet to a professor of Shakespeare."
• "The newspaper had to publish a correction after they misquoted the President."

Synonyms

misquotation