Dictionary

do time en · VERB

Meanings

1. (colloquial) To spend time in prison (as a prisoner) or in the military (as a servicemember).
   • Yes, Virginia, now Santa's doing time In a Federal prison for his infamous crime 1996, "Weird Al" Yankovic, “The Night Santa Went Crazy”, in Bad Hair Day:
   • My wife is unavailable for three months, as she's doing time for fraud.

Forms

Deriveds

if you can't do the time, don't do the crime · do one's own time

Synonyms

be banged up · do porridge · do bird · be inside · live at Her Majesty's pleasure · serve time

Translations (23)

cs bručet (colloquial: to spend time in prison) · vi bóc lịch (colloquial: to spend time in prison) · pl siedzieć (colloquial: to spend time in prison) · fr faire de la prison (colloquial: to spend time in prison) · de sitzen (colloquial: to spend time in prison) · hu börtönben ül (colloquial: to spend time in prison) · izh istua (colloquial: to spend time in prison) · da afsone (colloquial: to spend time in prison) · ru ча́литься (colloquial: to spend time in prison) · da ruske tremmer (colloquial: to spend time in prison) · da sidde inde (colloquial: to spend time in prison) · sv skaka galler (colloquial: to spend time in prison) · ru сиде́ть (colloquial: to spend time in prison) · es cumplir cadena (colloquial: to spend time in prison) · de einsitzen (colloquial: to spend time in prison) · uk сиді́ти (colloquial: to spend time in prison) · cs sedět (colloquial: to spend time in prison) · fi suorittaa rangaistusta (colloquial: to spend time in prison) · fi lusia (colloquial: to spend time in prison) · tr yatmak (colloquial: to spend time in prison) · ru мота́ть срок (colloquial: to spend time in prison) · cmn 坐班房 (colloquial: to spend time in prison) · ta கம்பியெண்ணு (colloquial: to spend time in prison)