n. 1 pouch, sack, bag, receptacle, reticule, satchel You should always have a clean handkerchief in your pocket 2 cavity, pit, hollow, crater We found water that had collected in pockets in the surface of the rock 3 area, island, camp, centre, cluster, concentration Leaders encountered pockets of resistance to the new policies among the farmers
v. 4 take, appropriate, keep; filch, embezzle, steal, purloin, thieve, pilfer, help oneself to, palm, Colloq walk off or away with, pinch, swipe, rip off, hook, lift, snitch, Brit nick, snaffle While collecting for charity, Johnson was known to have pocketed occasional contributions