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Hossien Jazayeri Posted 10 years ago
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what does this sentence mean?

I was watching the "Accountant" trailer and i heard this sentence:
"He is capable of uncooking years of books and get out alive" now what does the uncooking years of books mean?Here is the video:
  

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"cooking the books" means to make fictitious entries in the company's accounting records in order to pilfer the company's money for yourself without being suspected. The records look legitimate, so you can get away with your criminal activity for many years. "Uncooking the books" would mean to put the books back in a correct state.

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  • "cooking the books" means to make fictitious entries in the company's accounting records in order to pilfer the company's money for yourself without being suspected.
  • The records look legitimate, so you can get away with your criminal activity for many years.
  • "Uncooking the books" would mean to put the books back in a correct state.
  • You would have to restore the money you have stolen to the company's bank accounts to make everything balance, though.
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"cooking the books" means to make fictitious entries in the company's accounting records in order to pilfer the company's money for yourself without being suspected. The records look legitimate, so you can get away with your criminal activity for many years.

"Uncooking the books" would mean to put the books back in a correct state. You would have to restore the money you have stolen to
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