"serve time" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "serves time",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serving time",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "served time",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "served time",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "serve time (third-person singular simple present serves time, present participle serving time, simple past and past participle served time)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
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          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English predicates",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Prison",
          "orig": "en:Prison",
          "parents": [
            "Buildings",
            "Law enforcement",
            "Buildings and structures",
            "Crime prevention",
            "Emergency services",
            "Law",
            "Architecture",
            "Crime",
            "Public safety",
            "Justice",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Art",
            "Criminal law",
            "Society",
            "Public administration",
            "Security",
            "Sciences",
            "Culture",
            "All topics",
            "Government",
            "Fundamental",
            "Politics"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be confined in prison or a similar institution, typically for wrongdoing that violates the law."
      ],
      "id": "en-serve_time-en-verb-eTbPuuZx",
      "links": [
        [
          "prison",
          "prison"
        ],
        [
          "wrongdoing",
          "wrongdoing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To be confined in prison or a similar institution, typically for wrongdoing that violates the law."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/En-au-serve_time.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "serve time"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "serves time",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serving time",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "served time",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "served time",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "serve time (third-person singular simple present serves time, present participle serving time, simple past and past participle served time)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English predicates",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "English verbs",
        "en:Prison"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be confined in prison or a similar institution, typically for wrongdoing that violates the law."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prison",
          "prison"
        ],
        [
          "wrongdoing",
          "wrongdoing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To be confined in prison or a similar institution, typically for wrongdoing that violates the law."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/En-au-serve_time.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "serve time"
}