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lines one's pockets

lines one's pockets is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 lines one's pockets the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Lines one's pockets is the third-person singular simple present indicative of line one's pockets.

Words near lines one's pockets in the dictionary

  1. lines of succession
  2. lines of supply
  3. lines of thought
  4. lines of work
  5. lines off
  6. lines one's pockets
  7. lines out
  8. lines someone's pockets
  9. lines up
  10. lines up behind
  11. lines up one's ducks

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