1.a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
2.an enclosed space;
the trapped miners found a pocket of air
3.a supply of money;
they dipped into the taxpayers' pockets
4.(bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins next bnehind it on the right or left;
the ball hit the pocket and gave him a perfect strike
5.a hollow concave shape made by removing something
6.a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly
7.a small isolated group of people;
they were concentrated in pockets inside the city
8.(anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)
9.an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck
1.put in one's pocket;
He pocketed the change
2.take unlawfully