debt to society
idiom
—used in phrases such as pay your debt to society to refer to being punished for committing a crime
After 10 years in prison, he has paid his debt to society and is a free man.
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But with new admissible evidence emerging, another question lingers: have the country’s most notorious bad boys of Beverly Hills, Erik and Lyle Menendez, finally paid their debt to society?
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Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
For now, Fetty has to pay his debt to society while plotting his comeback.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 22 Apr. 2024
Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
For now, Fetty has to pay his debt to society while plotting his comeback.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 22 Apr. 2024
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“Debt to society.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/debt%20to%20society. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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