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line your pocket(s)

Definition

to earn money using dishonest or illegal methods: Staff at the bank have apparently been lining their pockets with money from investors' accounts.Earning money and money earned
(Definition of line your pocket(s) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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