scot-free
Example Sentences
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Instead, they encourage division, enable wrongdoing and allow bad actors to get off scot-free.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 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 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 I also think about the alternative, which is for him to just walk away scot-free.
From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2024
“How many times have they gotten off scot-free for it?”
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
