the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > abuse language [verb (transitive)] > corrupt through error (2)
vitiate1659
To corrupt (a) literary works or (b) language by carelessness, arbitrary changes, or the introduction of foreign elements.
barbarize1728
transitive. To corrupt or alter (language) from any classical standard or type (or what is so considered).