Empty-handed and With empty pockets

Empty-handed adjective - Carrying nothing in the hands.

With empty pockets and empty-handed are semantically related. in with nothing topic. In some cases you can use "With empty pockets" instead an adjective phrase "Empty-handed".

Empty-handed and with empty pockets are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Empty-handed" with "With empty pockets", this phrases are similar.