scot-free
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But critics say that only the small-time players ever get arrested, with the ringleaders most often getting off scot-free.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
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
But I also think about the alternative, which is for him to just walk away scot-free.
From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2024
And there must be others who are guilty of traffic infractions in Greenwich who have got off scot-free.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2023
Grandma may have escaped the horrors of the Holocaust, but she didn’t get off scot-free.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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