"beat the rap" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-beat the rap.ogg Forms: beats the rap [present, singular, third-person], beating the rap [participle, present], beat the rap [past], beaten the rap [participle, past], beat the rap [colloquial, participle, past]
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  1. (slang) To escape legal conviction and punishment for a crime which one has been charged with committing; to be acquitted. Tags: slang Related terms: bum rap, cop a plea, cop to a plea, get off on a technicality, take the rap
    Sense id: en-beat_the_rap-en-verb-uKOjEurt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English predicates, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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