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serving time

verb as in behind bars

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There are ways of doing sex work that honor the autonomy of sex workers, but the text messages and other information that's leaked out about Gaetz and his cronies — one who is serving time in federal prison for his role — suggest that is not how they viewed it at all.

From Salon

In December 2023, around half of the country’s convicted prison population - 2,299 people - were serving time for drug offences.

From BBC

She was raised by her grandmother, lost a sister to a drug overdose and has a brother who is serving time in prison for robbery and other charges.

Kelly is currently serving time after being convicted in 2021 for sex trafficking and racketeering.

"There was a lot of alone time," he says of his experience serving time for conspiracy to defraud by obtaining bank details and transferring money.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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