line one's pockets

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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Guy	GIE (English), GEE (French)	English, French
Stan (2)	-	Romanian
Jessa	JES-ə	English
Cecelia	sə-SEE-lee-ə, sə-SEEL-yə	English
Eugenius	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Amar (2)	-	Bosnian