cook the books

動詞

慣用表現広義

(idiomatic) To manipulate accounting information, especially illegally. / (idiomatic, by extension) To falsify an account of an event.

日本語の意味

会計情報を不正に操作する（特に違法に） / 経理記録を偽造する

The CFO tried to cook the books to hide the company's losses before the audit.

最高財務責任者は監査の前に損失を隠すために会社の帳簿を改ざんしようとした。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) To manipulate accounting information, especially illegally.

Enron Corp., once a major U.S. corporation, is now famous for cooking the books.

意味（2）

(idiomatic, by extension) To falsify an account of an event.

cooks the books

（ present singular third-person ）

cooking the books

（ participle present ）

cooked the books

（ participle past ）

cooked the books

（ past ）