pocket definition

1. a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
2. a supply of money
• examples: they dipped into the taxpayers' pockets
3. (bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left
• examples: the ball hit the pocket and gave him a perfect strike
4. a small isolated group of people
• examples: they were concentrated in pockets inside the city
• examples: the battle was won except for cleaning up pockets of resistance
5. an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck
6. put in one's pocket
• examples: He pocketed the change
7. take unlawfully