"pay one's debt to society" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-pay one's debt to society.ogg [Australia] Forms: pays one's debt to society [present, singular, third-person], paying one's debt to society [participle, present], paid one's debt to society [participle, past], paid one's debt to society [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|pay<,,paid> one's debt to society}} pay one's debt to society (third-person singular simple present pays one's debt to society, present participle paying one's debt to society, simple past and past participle paid one's debt to society)
  1. (idiomatic) To serve time in prison or a similar correctional facility. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: prison
    Sense id: en-pay_one's_debt_to_society-en-verb-V5RFcCrD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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