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.
He would pocket the expense of the license. --Sterne.
2. To take clandestinely or fraudulently.
He pocketed pay in the names of men who had long been dead. --Macaulay.
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.”
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