scot-free

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

Getting away with this scot-free in Syria ultimately taught Putin that he could use the same scorched-earth mass casualty strategy against the rest of Ukraine.

If Mohamud’s appeal fails, Weyker will walk away scot-free, and government officials nationwide will receive another signal that they’re immune, even when they commit the most egregious constitutional violations.

It is a disappointment to anyone tired of seeing Trump get off scot-free.

Courts regularly apply the doctrine when there is a tiny discrepancy between a previous case and the facts at hand as an excuse to let the officer off scot-free.