scot-free
Example Sentences
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The second case for concern is the idea that the British are bringing the powerful to account while America is letting them off scot-free.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
"We need to plug the loopholes that allow these men to get away scot-free," she said.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026
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 ● Jul. 17, 2025
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 ● May 15, 2024
But looking at Dr. Begbie now, seeing the deep lines carved in her face that no one in their twenties should have had, I wasn’t so sure they had gotten off scot-free.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
