<verb.communication> He had misquoted the politician
Misquote \Mis*quote"\, v. t. & i. To quote erroneously or incorrectly. --Shak.
Buddy Young, CST's president, claimed it was a misquote.
The young, razor-sharp agent is a tad weird, amazed at all the Douglas firs he sees, and constantly dictating all manner of things into his tape recorder, included a misquote of W.C. Fields.
His present status, I don't know, so don't misquote me.