munge

1. (transitive, computing, informal) To transform data in an undefined or unexplained manner, as for example when data wrangling requires nonsystemic or nonsystematic edits.Examples: "As a part of the code review with the development team, notify them that you want to have these options as a part of the installation script, rather than you munging the installation scripts during deployment."informaltransitive

2. (transitive, computing, informal) To add a spamblock to (an email address).Examples: "Munging is effective — it prevents unwanted email from reaching you by keeping your real email address out of the clutches of the address-harvesting programs."informaltransitive

3. (transitive, genealogy, informal) To corrupt a record about a person by erroneously merging in information about another person.Examples: "It looks like this record is munged—it has this person’s birth date, but his father’s death date."informaltransitive