piggy

Example Sentences

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Lindberg treated the insurance companies as a “personal piggy bank,” prosecutors alleged, using some of the diverted sums to finance an extravagant lifestyle.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

So, of course, it’s not just that he’s arrogating the piggy bank to himself.

From Slate • Oct. 17, 2025

That isn’t enough to sway the gladiatorial majority, which is mostly made up of men grinning at the fattening piggy bank suspended above them.

From Salon • Jun. 27, 2025

But many retailers have criticised the move, and on Sunday the boss of M&S, Stuart Machin, said retailers were being "raided like a piggy bank" given the changes to various taxes.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2025

I used to think these were self- righteous eyes, piggy and smug inside their wire frames; and they are.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood