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Old 08-Nov-2007, 09:46
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Do you know the meaning and origins of the idiom "cook the books"?
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Old 08-Nov-2007, 10:11
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"To cook the books" means to falsify (financial) accounts. The origins I know nothing about I'm afraid.
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