forensic accounting

noun [U] ACCOUNTING

Definition

› the activity of examining financial records to find any illegal financial activity: Internal forensic accounting investigations at 14 of its companies have revealed further accounting irregularities.

(Definition of forensic accounting noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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