Examples of scot-free in a Sentence
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The season ends with the mercenary getting away scot-free after successfully pulling off a gambit that forces the MI5 to release him via blackmail.
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
If a lawyer is hired to defend a company that just poisoned thousands of innocent people, the lawyer’s job is, if possible, to get that company off scot-free.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 25 Sep. 2024
Rapper Killer Mike is moving past his arrest at the Grammy Awards earlier this year seemingly scot-free and fired up.
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2024
Taylor Swift’s dad has got off scot-free after allegedly assaulting an Australian paparazzo during the superstar’s tour in Sydney last month.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
The atmosphere is noirish enough to convince me Swift really could murder a man and get away scot-free.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 May 2024
But their plan to collect a ransom from Franks’ family and get away scot-free went awry.
—Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024
Unlike Jerry, Larry — the guy who wrote Jerry’s ending and who people want to see apologize — gets to walk out of jail scot-free.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
The anecdote was based on a real event by Balboa Park, and the man who’d witnessed it was infuriated that the reckless driver appeared to escape scot-free while those without homes could be arrested for sleeping in tents.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2024
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
If a lawyer is hired to defend a company that just poisoned thousands of innocent people, the lawyer’s job is, if possible, to get that company off scot-free.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 25 Sep. 2024
Rapper Killer Mike is moving past his arrest at the Grammy Awards earlier this year seemingly scot-free and fired up.
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2024
Taylor Swift’s dad has got off scot-free after allegedly assaulting an Australian paparazzo during the superstar’s tour in Sydney last month.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
The atmosphere is noirish enough to convince me Swift really could murder a man and get away scot-free.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 May 2024
But their plan to collect a ransom from Franks’ family and get away scot-free went awry.
—Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024
Unlike Jerry, Larry — the guy who wrote Jerry’s ending and who people want to see apologize — gets to walk out of jail scot-free.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
The anecdote was based on a real event by Balboa Park, and the man who’d witnessed it was infuriated that the reckless driver appeared to escape scot-free while those without homes could be arrested for sleeping in tents.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2024
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“Scot-free.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scot-free. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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