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- line one's pockets
line one's pockets
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 | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Suzana | | - | Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian, Portuguese (Brazilian) |
| Keren-Happuch | | KER-ən HAP-ook (English) | Biblical |
| Martyn | | - | Welsh, Ukrainian |
| Alan | | AL-ən (English) | English, Scottish, Breton, French |
| Keziah | | kə-ZIE-ə (English) | Biblical |
| FÉLicienne | | - | French |