to serve (a sentence), to impose (a penalty)
Eine Strafe oder ein Urteil vollstrecken oder verhängen.
To carry out or impose a judicial sentence or penalty.
☞ Often used in a legal context.
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Der Häftling muss seine Strafe abessen.— The prisoner must serve his sentence.
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Er muss seine lebenslange Haft nun abessen.— He now has to serve his life sentence.
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