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To line your own pockets means taking money or benefits for yourself in a dishonest or unfair way.
The phrase comes from the idea of filling the inside of your pockets. The idiom suggests secretly keeping what should not be yours.
The phrase comes from the idea of filling the inside of your pockets. The idiom suggests secretly keeping what should not be yours.
The official was accused of lining his own pockets with public funds.