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Define Cooking The Books Meaning

Cooking The Books
a frequent practice of lying and cheating in any record bookkeeping, in order to substancially increase your own personnal profit and earnings. OR knowingly providing incorrect information in a companies financial statements. This is, needless to say, illegal.

Johnny went to jail for cooking the books at his office.
By Aime
Cooking The Books
In that TWIX commercial where the girl makes the fool out of herself. She says, "Old man Perkins is cooking the books." In front of Old man Perkin's daughter

"Old man perkin's is cooking the books"
By Ronna
Cook The Books
(v.) To exploit loopholes that allow for one's accounts to show less profits than actually exist, but allow for the figures to be changed for shareholder reports. Shows incorrect figures presented in a way that are unlikely to be questioned.

Claiming that six vans @ thirty grand each were bought for the business, when in actual fact the money went to a comapny located in switzerland owned by the board of directors, and the vans were toys costing next to nothing. The money (180,000 in your chosen currency) has gone to the directors as undeclared salary that is stored offshore.
By Gretel
Cook The Books
Creative accounting,

My best account has cooked the books this year, my tax bill is the lowest ever
By Jaquith
Cooked And Booked
You’re screwed; Put in your place indefinitely; Finished; No shot at recovery

When Emily exposed to the room full of friends and family that James had a small penis, he had been cooked and booked
By Crista
Cooking The Books
When a girl wears a flattering shirt that brings attention to her breasts, and hangs down to cover her fat roll. The term indicates that she purposefully misrepresenting the 'goods'

That chick is kind of cute, but I think she's cooking the books a little with that shirt.

By Elle
Cooking By The Book
you know you can't be lazy!
never use a messy recipe,
the cake will end up crazy.
If you do the cooking by the book, then you'll have a cake!

cooking by the book makes for a pretty cake!
By Leeanne
Cooking By The Book
A female under the age of 18, therfore, off limits to those adults who might be interested in her sexually. (in reference to the internet sensation 'cooking by the book mashup' featuring rapper lil Jon and children's televison show Lazy Town)

Man, that girl is hot, too bad she's cooking by the book.
By Ariella
Cooking Books
Books black kids never wanted to read.

"It's some cooking books, the black kids never wanted to read 'em" -Tyler, the Creator
By Lurette
Cooked Books
(n.) Incorrect accounts, where the values of work done is understated so that income taation is lower. Could also mean exploiting loopholes, which isn't illegal. See also cook the books

Sorry, Terry. He got caught putting his signature on cooked books and he had to fire him.
By Mona