off-the-books
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Another has an off-the-books wager against OpenAI, which is privately held.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026
It relates to suspicions of "covering up serious tax fraud and off-the-books work", according to the PNF.
From BBC • Nov. 5, 2024
For off-the-books assistance, she calls a man with whom she has a complicated past.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2024
Weisselberg pleaded guilty last August to failing to pay taxes on $1.7 million in off-the-books compensation, including a Manhattan apartment, Mercedes-Benz cars for him and his wife, and his grandchildren’s school tuition.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2023
For decades, Italy avoided a serious reform of its long-term care sector by filling the gap with cheap, and often off-the-books, live-in workers, many from post-Soviet Eastern Europe — and especially Ukraine.
From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2023
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