In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined:
The accounts clerk was jailed because he cooked the books
The correct answer is C. falsified the accounts to his advantage
The phrase “cooked the books” means to change numbers dishonestly in the accounts (= financial records) of an organization, especially in order to steal money from it.
This is similar to the meaning of falsified, which means to alter or misrepresent something dishonestly or illegally.
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