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scot-free
[ skot-free ]
adjective
- completely free from harm, restraint, punishment, or obligation:
The driver of the car escaped from the accident scot-free. The judge let the defendant off scot-free.
scot-free
adverb
- predicative without harm, loss, or penalty
yĐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of scot-free1
yĐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of scot-free1
Example Sentences
âWe are now seeing what it means for the Trump Administration to destroy the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau â it is letting off scot-free a deceptive company that claimed 0% APR for payday loans of 400% APR or higher, with interest disguised in fake âtipsâ and âdonationsâ that virtually everyone was forced to pay,â Lauren Saunders, associate director at the nonprofit National Consumer Law Center, said in a statement reported by CNN.
The justices are now all on notice that if they continue to flout this federal statute, then they can get off 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 Mohamudâs appeal fails, Weyker will walk away scot-free, and government officials nationwide will receive another signal that theyâre immune, even when they commit the most egregious constitutional violations.
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