pocketing
any of various fabrics for making the insides of pockets.
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How to use pocketing in a sentence
A Manhattan federal jury found Avenatti guilty of single counts of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft related to his pocketing nearly $300,000 of Daniels’ advance for her memoir, Full Disclosure.
Stormy’s Revenge: Jury Convicts Michael Avenatti of Fraud | Kate Briquelet | February 4, 2022 | The Daily BeastWhen we have to pay so much for basic goods and services, someone at the top is pocketing the profits.
Free Market Failure: Raising a Kid Is a Rigged Game in the USA | Monica Potts | August 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMy agent at the time was hip-pocketing me, to test me out to see if there were any responses.
‘My First Time’: Josh Duhamel on His First Kiss, First Heartbreak & More | Josh Duhamel | August 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTOthers are essentially pocketing the cash, stowing it in rainy-day funds or using it to cope with higher spending requirements.
The Return of State Surpluses Could Point to More Growth to Come | Daniel Gross | April 1, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHer cut was $100 an hour, half of what the women, who accused her of pocketing money, were charging customers.
The Oldest Profession Evolves—How the Web Transformed Prostitution | Gregory Gilderman | September 10, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
We're used to thinking of Italy as a First World country, which we can visit without much worse risk than a pick-pocketing.
I might have been an accomplished orator by this time, capable of drawing crowds and pocketing a thousand a month, or so.
After pocketing gifts of money and various other things, the false pilgrim pursues his way, still accompanied by Nikita.
Contemporary Russian Novelists | Serge PerskySlipping a small gun into his waistband holster and pocketing the money he went out.
Deathworld | Harry HarrisonA brief parley ensued, which ended in Mrs. Miggs pocketing the money and inviting Mr. Hawker to enter.
In Friendship's Guise | Wm. Murray GraydonHis genius lay in ensnaring parents and guardians and pocketing premiums.
The World's Greatest Books, Vol III | Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton, Eds.
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