line someone's pockets

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line someone's pockets (third-person singular simple present lines someone's pockets, present participle lining someone's pockets, simple past and past participle lined someone's pockets)

  1. (idiomatic) to make someone objectionable even more wealthy
    I refuse to line the pockets of fat-cat bankers.