get off scot-free

To escape punishment for a crime or wrongdoing; to be acquitted of charges for a crime. Mark's wealthy senator uncle influenced the jury, and he ended up getting off scot-free. My younger sister caused endless trouble as a child, but because she was the baby of the house, she usually got off scot-free.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Latanya	-	African American
Raimund	RIE-muwnt (German)	German, Ancient Germanic
Downs	[daunz]
PridbjØRn	-	Old Danish
Ciriaco	chee-ree-AH-ko (Italian), thee-ree-AH-ko (Spanish), see-ree-AH-ko (Latin American Spanish)	Italian, Spanish
Connelly	['kɔnəli]