Cook
Cook verb - Tamper, with the purpose of deception.
Usage example: cook the books
Fake
Fake verb - To imitate or copy especially in order to deceive.
Usage example: pranksters faked giant footprints and then claimed that they had seen Bigfoot
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When the new fake principal decides to try it, he goes to the kitchen in disgust and forces the cook to eat his own food, telling him he'll have to do this from now on.
Source: Lethal Chef - For example, when a crooked cook serves fake, unpalatable Dragon Cuisine to the party, he is the only one who does not feel anything wrong.
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Played for laughs at the end of Zuma's Revenge when the fake "final boss" dies in one hit, followed by partial fake credits, only for the real boss to reveal that you'd actually just "defeated" his cook.
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