feather one's own nest

To look after one's own interests, especially material ones: “The director was supposed to distribute the money to various charities; instead, he used it to feather his own nest.”

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But what if, instead of looking like a lesson in economic acumen, his Bain years are a lesson in crony capitalism and how to feather one's own nest at the expense of workers?

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He was, one would say, decidedly unselfish, if by selfishness is meant a disposition to feather one's own nest without regard for other people's wants.

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