pocketing
present participle ofpocket
| 单词 | pocketing |
| 释义 | pocketing present participle ofpocket pocket verb[T] uk/ˈpɒk.ɪt/us/ˈpɑː.kɪt/to put something intoyourpocket: Hecarefullypocketed hischange. tohitabilliardorsnookerballinto a pocket: Davis pocketed theblacktowinthegame. to take something for yourself,especiallydishonestly: I'lltellthem Isoldit for £20, not £25, then I can pocket therest. Keeping and storing things
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Snooker, pool & billiards Getting, receiving and accepting Examplesofpocketingpocketing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Moreover, high officials, especially the principal judges, were notably successful inpocketingrich sinecures for their offspring. From theCambridge English Corpus The next day he had retrieved it and,pocketingsome of its pages, he had cut the rest into pieces, burning some and discarding others. From theCambridge English Corpus We are specifically interested in three saving motives : the acquisition of real estate, the wish to bequeath wealth, andpocketingstate subsidies. From theCambridge English Corpus The transition from command to market economies offers some segments of them particularly favourable opportunities to make a fortune quickly and easily bypocketingstate assets. From theCambridge English Corpus He was thought to bepocketing10 or 20 rupees a day just from unclaimed property recovered from the streets and supposed to be sold for the public purse. From theCambridge English Corpus Did we need any further evidence that the brewers arepocketingthe money by short-changing the customer? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are all guilty ofpocketingtickets from time to time and the system does not lead to an efficient allocation of seats. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Are not some of the dangers the possibility of pre-knowledge of people on the insidepocketingshares and thus getting a corner in them? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This would allow racketeers to plead innocence through ignorance and to proceed without prosecution,pocketingtheir ill-gotten gains on the way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I suggest that somebody somewhere ispocketingthe difference. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That means that they are taking the money from youngsters,pocketingit and disappearing rapidly into the sunset. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If it is not alreadypocketingthe money, that is the moment when it begins to do so. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But we all know from our correspondence how often improvement grants lead to the landlord getting rid of the sitting tenant andpocketingthe profit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I would extend it to the unskilled labourer, who ispocketing£6, £8, £10 or £12 a week, while the skilled craftsman considers himself lucky to receive £4. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Secondly, he talked of companiespocketingsome of the corporation tax benefits which have just been given. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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