line one's pockets
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line one's pockets
verb lines one's pockets · lining one's pockets · lined one's pockets
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To accumulate personal wealth, especially in an illegal or morally objectionable manner.
The men who have lined their pockets with public plunder and made the Municipal Government a nest of thieves—will any one in his sober senses believe that in all these men did they were doing more than struggling for a continuance of their own power?
Similar: feather one's nest
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| Español | hacer el agosto, hacer su agosto, hacer mi / tu / vuestro agosto |
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| Français | se remplir les poches |
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title = {line one's pockets},
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urldate = {2026-11-07}
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