1. Much of the aid that the Americans sent lined the pockets of his corrupt regime. 2. Today the leading players have generally abandoned such violent methods, preferring to indulge in insider trading or to line their pockets. 3. It is not as if we NEED the money, just another case of the directors lining their pockets. 4. I must also say that I resent the tendency of the Act to line the pockets of lawyers out of the tragic situations of families and children in trouble. 5. And, he contends, he helped Wall Street line its pockets at the expense of taxpayers. 6. All this is unfolding before an Irish public that is alternately shocked, cynical, or apathetic about the prospect of politicians lining their pockets. 7. Businesses say that much good has been achieved but that the ADA is lining the pockets of lawyers and making a mockery of common sense. 8. Coates defended the payments as attempts to help the Olympic committees in the African countries, not attempts to line the pockets of IOC members. 9. Critics of fund managers say they are taking advantage of the ignorance of the company official who sets up a plan, lining their pockets with extraordinarily high fees. 10. Economic reform and privatization are seen as mainly lining the pockets of criminals, bureaucrats, and their cronies. |