"creative accounting" meaning in English

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          "sense": "unorthodox accounting",
          "word": "kreativní účetnictví"
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          "word": "kreativ bogføring"
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          "sense": "unorthodox accounting",
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          "roman": "dimiourgikí logistikí",
          "sense": "unorthodox accounting",
          "word": "δημιουργική λογιστική"
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