feathering one's 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

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of feather one's nest
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