doctored

English

WOTD – 22 October 2006

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɒktə(ɹ)d/

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Verb

doctored

1. past participle of doctor

Adjective

doctored (comparative more doctored, superlative most doctored)

1. altered; falsified; skewed; manipulated

   doctored statistics

   • 2025 February 3, Brian Stelter, “The FCC’s battle with CBS over its Harris interview is raising red flags”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     President Trump sued CBS in a federal court alleging that the interview was deceptively “doctored” to help Harris beat Trump. CBS insisted that it was not doctored.

2. repaired (Can we add an example for this sense?)

See also

• spin-doctored