off-the-books
adjective
: not reported or recorded
off-the-books transactions
off-the-books covert operations
off the books
adverb
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Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has his own personal, off-the-books hedge fund called the Setad, which is worth $95 billion.
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Michael R. Pompeo, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2018
Bragg’s office secured that conviction on tax fraud charges for reaping luxurious off-the-books benefits while Weisselberg was head of the Trump Org’s coffers in a separate case in August 2022, leading to his 99-day term on Rikers Island.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2024
This year’s version is another rob-Peter-to-pay-Paul maneuver that would remove $8.8 billion in overpayments of state aid from previous years from the budget and treat it, in effect, as a off-the-books loan to be written off over five years.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 22 May 2024
Her husband is still awaiting his work authorization and meanwhile looks for off-the-books jobs every morning with other day laborers.
—Antonio Olivo, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
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Michael R. Pompeo, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2018
Bragg’s office secured that conviction on tax fraud charges for reaping luxurious off-the-books benefits while Weisselberg was head of the Trump Org’s coffers in a separate case in August 2022, leading to his 99-day term on Rikers Island.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2024
This year’s version is another rob-Peter-to-pay-Paul maneuver that would remove $8.8 billion in overpayments of state aid from previous years from the budget and treat it, in effect, as a off-the-books loan to be written off over five years.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 22 May 2024
Her husband is still awaiting his work authorization and meanwhile looks for off-the-books jobs every morning with other day laborers.
—Antonio Olivo, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
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