in the pocket of (someone)
idiom
disapproving
: under someone's control or influence
researchers/scientists who are in the pocket of pharmaceutical companies
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Officers found a loaded handgun in the pocket of his shorts.
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Dana Munro, Baltimore Sun, 12 July 2024
Research in Soviet archives has revealed that Mao was thoroughly in the pocket of Stalin and has cast doubt on the claim, long accepted by China experts in the United States, that Mao’s forces fought hard against the Japanese during World War II.
—John Pomfret, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013
Medina was also charged with criminal possession of a weapon for brass knuckles found in the pocket of the pink plastic bag in which the puppies nearly died, police said.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 17 June 2024
More importantly, does this put Questlove in the pocket of Big Toy?
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 3 Apr. 2024
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Dana Munro, Baltimore Sun, 12 July 2024
Research in Soviet archives has revealed that Mao was thoroughly in the pocket of Stalin and has cast doubt on the claim, long accepted by China experts in the United States, that Mao’s forces fought hard against the Japanese during World War II.
—John Pomfret, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013
Medina was also charged with criminal possession of a weapon for brass knuckles found in the pocket of the pink plastic bag in which the puppies nearly died, police said.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 17 June 2024
More importantly, does this put Questlove in the pocket of Big Toy?
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 3 Apr. 2024
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