Question of the Day #1167

Ivy League's meritocracy lie: How Harvard and Yale cook the books for the 1 percent

From the headline of this article at Salon.

  上記の文で、cook the booksの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "cook the books" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

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Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

to alter official accounting records in order to deceive or mislead

 

Examples

1. Officials at the bank were found to have cooked the books.
2. The directors of the company made millions from cooking the books before the fraud investigators caught them.
3. That in turn would likely make Kenya’s leaders less inclined to engage in violent repression or feel the need to cook the books to hoard a massive campaign war chest to avoid a loss at the next election. — Michelle Gavin, Foreign Affairs, 23 July 2024
4. Most crimes of this type involve defendants who cook the books to cover-up embezzlement or other financial crime; arguably far less serious to society than Trump’s conduct. — Ron Kuby, New York Daily News, 23 June 2024
5. Finally, at the core of Cuomo’s misbehavior is the arrogance of power, which was also evident in his efforts to cook the books on nursing-home deaths that resulted from his reckless COVID-19 policies. — The Editors, National Review, 3 Aug. 2021

   

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