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fiddle the books

fiddle the books verb: to alter financial records in order to commit or conceal fraud, tax evasion or theft.

Verb

fiddle the books (third-person singular simple present fiddles the books, present participle fiddling the books, simple past and past participle fiddled the books)

  1. To alter financial records in order to commit or conceal fraud, tax evasion or theft.

Forms of fiddle the books

third-person singular presentfiddles the books
present participlefiddling the books
past participlefiddled the books
pastfiddled the books

Questions about fiddle the books

What does fiddle the books mean?
Fiddle the books means to alter financial records in order to commit or conceal fraud, tax evasion or theft.
What part of speech is fiddle the books?
Fiddle the books is a verb.
What is the past tense of fiddle the books?
The past tense of fiddle the books is fiddled the books.

Words near fiddle the books in the dictionary

  1. fiddle beetles
  2. fiddle block
  3. fiddle blocks
  4. fiddle face
  5. fiddle faces
  6. fiddle the books
  7. fiddle while Rome burns
  8. fiddle with
  9. fiddle yard
  10. fiddle yards
  11. fiddle-faddle

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