2008 December 4, “Exaggerated Claims”, in The Economist[1]:
A recent survey […] found that 22% of Britons who were polled admitted to bumping up claims at some point. Nearly a third said that fiddling expenses was acceptable, for example because of below-inflation pay rises and other miserliness by employers.
(Used in the present participle form.)
2012 July 7, “The Rotten Heart of Finance”, in The Economist[2]:
In the rapidly spreading scandal of LIBOR (the London inter-bank offered rate) it is the very everydayness with which bank traders set about manipulating the most important figure in finance. They joked, or offered small favours. “Coffees will be coming your way,” promised one trader in exchange for a fiddled number.
(Used in the past participle form.)
2015 September 19, “Carmaker is Accused of Fiddling Emissions Tests”, in The Economist[3]:
It is not unknown for carmakers to fiddle required tests. In Europe, where carmakers are responsible for testing the fuel economy and carbon dioxide emissions of their vehicles on an official cycle, independent testing organisations, which rely on the car companies for business, promise to “optimise” the tests.
