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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pocket \Pock"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pocketed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Pocketing}.]
1. To put, or conceal, in the pocket; as, to pocket the
change.
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He would pocket the expense of the license.
--Sterne.
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2. To take clandestinely or fraudulently.
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He pocketed pay in the names of men who had long
been dead. --Macaulay.
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{To pocket a ball} (Billiards), to drive a ball into a pocket
of the table.
{To pocket an insult}, {affront}, etc., to receive an affront
without open resentment, or without seeking redress. "I
must pocket up these wrongs." --Shak.
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