"Pay him back with interest" nghĩa là gì?

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"Pay (someone) back with interest" = trả ai cả vốn lẫn lãi -> nghĩa là trừng phạt hoặc trả thù ai bằng hành động xấu, việc làm có hại hơn nhiều so với những gì ban đầu người đó đã gây ra.

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A couple of weeks ago, Ryan took Gary's money which he discovered in an old desk. Thinking it was left in there from the previous owner, Ryan spent the money. After discovering it was Ryan who stole his cash, Gary told him he needed to pay him back with interest.

“I started off in Brooklyn. My father gave me a small loan (khoản cho mượn) of a million dollars. I came into Manhattan, and I had to pay him back, and I had to pay him back with interest. But I came into Manhattan and I started buying properties (bất động sản), and I did great.”

A Pennsylvania Commonwealth court ruling issued Friday restored Jerry Sandusky's pension (lương hưu). It said he was wrongly stripped of his benefits earned when he formally retired -- years before the specific child abuse sex crimes that have him serving up to 60 years in prison. The Pennsylvania State Employees Retirement System was ordered to not only restore Sandusky's pension, but to pay him back with interest for the nearly three years of monthly benefits that were denied.

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