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
Baldrey	['bɔ:ldri]
Aike	-	Frisian
Good	[gud]
Vahan	-	Armenian
Peta	-	English (Australian)
Roc	RAWK	Catalan