cook the books
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English Dictionarycook the booksto record false information in the accounts of an organization, especially in order to steal money
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Idiomscook the books [informal]to record false information in the accounts of an organization, especially in order to steal money.
One of the directors had been cooking the books and the firm had been losing money for years. (usually in continuous tenses)
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cook the books• cook the books/accounts
to illegally change information in the accounting books in a company, to write down false numbers in the accounting books in a company; to cheat in bookkeeping
The accountant was cooking the books for more than one year before he was caught.
The accountant was fired when someone discovered that he was cooking the books.
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