cook the books

Senso (Inglese)

1. (idiomatic) To manipulate accounting information, especially illegally.
2. (broadly, idiomatic) To falsify an account of an event.

sinonimi

doctor

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falsify

juggle

scam

Etimologia (Inglese)

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".