cook the books

ความหมาย

to change financial records dishonestly

แก้ตัวเลขบัญชีอย่างไม่สุจริต

ตัวอย่าง

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?

ไวยากรณ์

ส่วนที่เปลี่ยนรูปมีเพียง cook: cooks, cooking, cooked และ the books เป็นพหูพจน์เสมอ