1847 A. Strickland XI. 16 The adepts in making anagrams, or any other kind of word-twisting.
1920 D. H. Lawrence xxiii. 339 I know your dodges. I am not taken in by your word-twisting.
2006 (Nexis) 26 Oct. a10 Your readers deserve..responsible reporting based on fact and truth, not assumptions, presumptions and word twisting.