It turns out that the company's report of record profits last year was due to some 'creative accounting'.
a burst of 'creative' energy [=energy that you use to make or think of new things]
He was more 'creative' [='imaginative'] than the other students.
(..) I didn't understand your e-mail. Uh, can you repeat that? You're breaking up. I didn't understand your e-mail. Ah. Yeah, I had to get a little creative because the S, R and M keys on my laptop stopped working. "Deaw Aby, could you pleathe dwive be to the twain thtow (..)2016 TvShow: The Big Bang Theory Title: The Solder Excursion Diversion Season: 9 Episode 19