feather one's own nest

A form of feather one's nest — To achieve benefits, especially financial ones, by taking advantage of the opportunities with which one is presented; to amass a comfortable amount of personal wealth; especially, to do so to a degree that involves venality (e.g., insider trading, police corruption).

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Meanings

verbfeather one's own nest (third-person singular simple present feathers one's own nest, present participle feathering one's own nest, simple past and past participle feathered one's own nest)

present singular third person feathers one's own nest · participle present feathering one's own nest · participle past feathered one's own nest · past feathered one's own nest

  1. alternativeAlternative form of feather one's nest.
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Chicago

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