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cook the books

informal
: to dishonestly change official records of how much money was spent and received伪造账目;做假账
⇒ Main Entry: 2 cook

cook the books

idiomatic phrase

informal
: to alter official accounting records in order to deceive or mislead
Congress cooked the books with phony spending cuts and accounting gimmickry to appear to reduce the federal deficit. Colleen O'Connor

Word History

First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of cook the books was in 1850

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