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
Candela	kahn-DE-lah	Spanish
Priskilla	-	Biblical Greek
BirutĖ	-	Lithuanian
Wade	WAYD	English
Afzal	-	Arabic
Shifra	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew