cook the books
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v.t./i.Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)To falsify financial records or accounting statements, typically to conceal illegal activities or misrepresent a company's financial performance.
The accountant was arrested for cooking the books to hide the company's losses.
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The ROI of Ethical Leadership in Business
- but you're gonna face pressures to cook the books, so what do you do and say when that
but you're gonna face pressures to cook the books, so what do you do and say when that
- happens? Use the language and the tools. Don't ask them whether they should cook the books,
happens? Use the language and the tools. Don't ask them whether they should cook the books,