they had cooked
Past perfect they conjugation of cook.
Three years after his break with Stalin, Kamenev, with his characteristic good-humored cynicism, told me how they had cooked up this accusation, which of course none of its authors took seriously.
Trois ans après sa rupture avec Staline, Kaménev, du ton de bonhomie cynique qui le caractérise, me confessa comment avait été cuisinée cette accusation que, bien entendu, aucun des auteurs ne prenait au sérieux.
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