cook the books

Nghĩa

to change financial records dishonestly

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Ví dụ

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?

Ngữ pháp

Chỉ cook thay đổi: cooks, cooking, cooked. the books luôn ở số nhiều.