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Idiom: Cook The Books

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From the mid-17th century. A metaphor based on cooking, whereby ingredients are changed, altered and improved. Thus financial statements can also be so modified to the benefit of the "cook".

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To manipulate accounting information, especially illegally.

To falsify an account of an event.

Example Sentences

1
Investors lost millions due to the CEO's decision to cook the books.
2
With stricter regulations in place, it has become harder for companies to cook the books.

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