go 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 going scot-free. My younger sister caused endless trouble as a child, but because she was the baby of the house, she usually went scot-free.

go scot-free

and get off scot-free

to go unpunished; to be acquitted of a crime. (This scot is an old word meaning "tax" or "tax burden.") The thief went scot-free. Jane cheated on the test and got caught, but she got off scot-free.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Joanne	jo-AN (English), zho-AN (French)	English, French
Constantinus	-	Late Roman
Anshel	-	Yiddish
Tonka	-	Slovene, Croatian
Ashlin	['æʃlin]
Maolsheachlann	-	Irish