fill one's pockets en · VERB
Meanings
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To make money
“Yes, there’s that heart too. Tripe and heart, that’s all they give us. Fine fare that is! Is that justice or is it not?”//“Yes, the food’s bad.”//“He’s filling his pockets, I warrant.”//“It’s not your business.”
1920, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, translated by Constance Garnett, The House of the Dead:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| filling one's pockets | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| filled one's pockets | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| filled one's pockets | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| fills one's pockets | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |