pay debt

pay one's debt (to society)

Cliché to serve a sentence for a crime, usually in prison. The judge said that Mr. Simpson had to pay his debt to society. Mr. Brown paid his debt in state prison.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Walherich	-	Ancient Germanic
&Thorn;ÓRir	-	Icelandic, Ancient Scandinavian
Yakub	-	Arabic
Peers	PEERZ, PEERS	English (Rare)
BoldizsÁR	-	Hungarian
Ashley	ASH-lee	English