"pencil whip"

[Mullins, Bill]

"pencil whip" -- not in OED -- to falsify records

Most modern citations from Factiva, etc., seem to refer to the aviation
industry.  But it may be of a military origin.

Pennsylvania | North Hills | News Record | 1993-03-26 p. 1 col 6.
"USAir repair probe grows" by Michael Diamond
"The falsified records, known in the airline industry as
"pencil-whipping," could result in fines if it is shown USAir knowingly
allowed them to occur, Pardue said."

 Illinois | Chicago | Daily Herald | 1989-08-07 sec 4 p. 1 col 4.
"Pow! Full-contact golf would sell those PGA tickets" by Mike Imrem
"Additionally, anybody who has ever played for money knows golfers who
kick-box balls out of the woods, pencil-whip their rivals and wrestle
with their handicaps."

Oakland | The Oakland Tribune | 1966-11-03 p. 22 col 3.
"Highway Funds: Crooks' Paradise" by Edward J. Mowery
" "Shade tree" compaction test sampling and "pencil whipping," the
lawmakers learned, permitted highway workers to sit "comfortably" under
a shade tree and "falsify" reports in "eight minutes." "