scot-free

Example Sentences

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They shouldn’t be let off scot-free.

From Los Angeles Times

There are other similarly situated individuals who get off scot-free for perjury.

From Slate

But there are winners and losers and winners who feel like losers and schemers who get away with their misdeeds scot-free.

From Los Angeles Times

But I also think about the alternative, which is for him to just walk away scot-free.

From Slate

But the jury will soon hear that New York criminal law is not so naïve as to allow the ringleader of a criminal scheme to get off scot-free, simply because his minions did the deeds.

From Slate