cook the books

Etymology
From the mid-17th century. A metaphor based on cooking, whereby ingredients are changed, altered and improved. Thus financial statements can also be so modified to the benefit of the "cook".

Verb

 * 1)  To manipulate accounting information, especially illegally.
 * Enron Corp., once a major U.S. corporation, is now famous for cooking the books.
 * 1)  To falsify an account of an event.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 做假帳
 * Cornish: fugya an akontys
 * Finnish: harjoittaa luovaa kirjanpitoa
 * Greek: μαγειρεύω τα βιβλία
 * Japanese:
 * Norman: tricachonner des comptes
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: forfalske regnskapet
 * Portuguese: manipular a contabilidade, fraudar a contabilidade
 * Russian: фальсифици́ровать фина́нсовую отчётность, сфальсифици́ровать фина́нсовую отчётность


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