"Pay his dues to society" nghĩa là gì?

'Pay one's dues to society' nghĩa là ngồi tù, thụ án do phạm tội.

Paul Philip Caruana, 44, from Mosta, was also fined €4,000 after a magistrate (quan tòa, hành chính địa phương) noted that although he had reformed and had kicked the drug habit, he still had to pay his dues to society.

“I’ve been shoplifting (ăn cắp vặt) all my life, just ‘cause I like to get clothes and food and stuff. Cause my mama was on drugs — she did heroin and crack — we didn’t get no clothes or anything. All the money went to the drug dealers, so we had to survive on our own,” Mitchell said. “I mean, that’s not no excuse, that’s just the route I took and I had to pay my dues to society for it, but I’m just letting you know some of the reasons why.”

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