cook the books

뜻

to change financial records dishonestly

회계 장부를 부정하게 고치다.

예문

1. 1The manager cooked the books for years to hide how much money was missing.
2. 2Auditors discovered that someone had been cooking the books at the head office.
3. 3The company looked profitable only because its finance director had cooked the books.
4. 4If you cook the books, the tax office will find out sooner or later.
5. 5Was the club cooking the books, or were the missing funds just a mistake?

문법

cook만 형태가 바뀐다: cooks, cooking, cooked. the books는 복수형 그대로 쓴다.