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
Breeshey	BREE-shə	Manx
BoŽEna	-	Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Kirstin	-	Scottish
Eaton	['i:tn]
Dafne	DAHF-ne	Italian
Citlali	-	Native American, Nahuatl