To misquote someone is to report their words wrongly. You can also call the wrong line itself a misquote — that noun use is common in speech, a little less stiff than misquotation. After an interview, a politician or a singer will say “I was misquoted,” meaning the paper did not print what they actually said, or not all of it. Friends say it more lightly: “Don’t misquote me.” It can be an honest slip (you remembered the line wrong) or it can be unfair; the word does not force you to choose. What it does not mean is “to talk about someone.” You misquote words. We still say “she misquoted him” as a short way of saying she got his words wrong.

引錯（別人的話）；錯誤引述