they pocketed
Past they conjugation of pocket.

pocket

Producers in those countries destroyed their harvest, whilst they pocketed the subsidies for the crops.
Dans ces pays, les producteurs détruisaient leur production, alors qu' ils empochaient la prime accordée pour cette culture.
Millions of dollars were promised and then given to the Taliban to enable them to remove, to pull up their opium crops: they pocketed the money and then promptly more than doubled their drugs production.
On a promis et donné des millions de dollars aux talibans pour qu'ils détruisent les cultures d'opium. Ils ont encaissé les fonds et plus que doublé la production de drogue.
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