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View synonyms for line one's pockets

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Idioms and Phrases

Accept a bribe or other illicit payment, as in The mayor and his cronies found dozens of ways to line their pockets . This expression dates from the mid-1500s, when it was also put as line one's purse .

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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