залезть в карман

• ЗАЛЕЗАТЬ/ЗАЛЕЗТЬ В КАРМАН чей, (к) кому coll, disapprov

[VP; subj: human]

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⇒ to make illegal, fraudulent use of s.o.'s goods, rob s.o.:

- X залезает к Y-y в карман{{}}≈ X slips <has, puts> his hand in Y's pocket <purse>;

- X puts <has> his hand in the till.

     ♦ Жулик никому не доверяет, никому не позволяет себя надуть, а сам надувает всех... а у честного лопуха - недостача, он горит, и бухгалтер горит, и директор горит, хотя все они честнейшие люди и не залезали в государственный карман (Рыбаков 1). A crook trusts nobody, he doesn't let anyone con him, he does the conning. ...But if an honest scatterbrain shows one shortage, he's had it, the accountant's had it, the manager's had it, all of them absolutely honest and none of them with his hand in the state's purse (1a).