line one's pockets

Meaning: (idiomatic)Toaccumulatepersonalwealth, especially in anillegalormorallyobjectionablemanner.1873June 19, “Philadelphia's Rings”, inNew York Times, retrieved28 February 2009, page 1:The men who havelined their pocketswith public plunder and made the Municipal Government a nest of thieves—will any one in his sober senses believe that in all these men did they were doing more than struggling for a continuance of their own power?1915,Joseph Conrad, chapter 7, inVictory: An Island Tale:And now, afterlining his pocketswith other people's money, he kidnaps a white girl belonging to an orchestra.2006March 13, Douglas Waller, “Tax Cheats On The Federal Payroll”, inTime, retrieved28 February 2009:In most cases, the scofflaws didn't pay their corporate income tax or company ownerslined their pocketswith the IRS payroll taxes they'd collected from their employees.2020August 12, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Rail passenger services nationalised in all but name”, inRail, page 6:However the Labour Party and rail unions regard the move as a step closer to full nationalisation. TSSA General Secretary Manuel Cortes said: "The ONS has candidly exposed the truth about our railways. They are now in public ownership. Grant Shapps must now take direct control of running them, rather than continue toline the pocketsof privateers."

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