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lined one's pockets

lined one's pockets is the simple past and past participle of line one's pockets.

Meaning of line one's pockets

Verb

line one's pockets (third-person singular simple present lines one's pockets, present participle lining one's pockets, simple past and past participle lined one's pockets)

  1. (idiomatic) 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?1873 June 19, “Philadelphia's Rings”, in New York Times, retrieved 28 Feb 2009, page 1

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What is lined one's pockets the simple past and past participle of?
Lined one's pockets is the simple past and past participle of line one's pockets.

Words near lined one's pockets in the dictionary

  1. lined flat bark beetle
  2. lined flat bark beetles
  3. lined gold
  4. lined in
  5. lined off
  6. lined one's pockets
  7. lined out
  8. lined snake
  9. lined snakes
  10. lined someone's pockets
  11. lined up

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