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(idiomatic) To accumulate personal wealth, especially in an illegal or morally objectionable manner.

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line one's pockets

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idiomatic

(idiomatic) To accumulate personal wealth, especially in an illegal or morally objectionable manner.

Japanese Meaning

違法または不道徳な手段で個人の財産を増やすこと / 不正に私腹を肥やすこと / 不法あるいは道徳に反する方法で金銭を蓄積すること

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To line one's pockets with public funds, corrupt officials altered procurement contracts and awarded jobs to shell companies.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

公金で私腹を肥やすために、腐敗した役人たちは調達契約を改ざんし、ダミー会社に仕事を発注した。

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(idiomatic) To accumulate personal wealth, especially in an illegal or morally objectionable manner.

The men who have lined their pockets with 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?

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lines one's pockets

（ present singular third-person ）

lining one's pockets

（ participle present ）

lined one's pockets

（ participle past ）

lined one's pockets

（ past ）

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