accumulate personal wealth, especially in an illegal or morally objectionable manner.' name='description'> line one's pockets - definition and meaning
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line one's pockets

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  • verb idiomatic To accumulate personal wealth, especially in an illegal or morally objectionable manner.

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  • verb make a lot of money

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synonyms (1)

Words with the same meaning

  1. feather one's nest

hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. profit
  2. turn a profit

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