"beat the rap" meaning in English

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      "form": "beat the rap",
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      "form": "beaten the rap",
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "To escape legal conviction and punishment for a crime which one has been charged with committing; to be acquitted."
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          "escape",
          "escape"
        ],
        [
          "legal",
          "legal"
        ],
        [
          "conviction",
          "conviction"
        ],
        [
          "punishment",
          "punishment"
        ],
        [
          "crime",
          "crime"
        ],
        [
          "charge",
          "charge"
        ],
        [
          "commit",
          "commit"
        ],
        [
          "acquit",
          "acquit"
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        "(slang) To escape legal conviction and punishment for a crime which one has been charged with committing; to be acquitted."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "bum rap"
        },
        {
          "word": "cop a plea"
        },
        {
          "word": "cop to a plea"
        },
        {
          "word": "get off on a technicality"
        },
        {
          "word": "take the rap"
        }
      ],
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  "word": "beat the rap"
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    },
    {
      "form": "beat the rap",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beaten the rap",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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      "word": "bum rap"
    },
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      "word": "cop a plea"
    },
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      "word": "cop to a plea"
    },
    {
      "word": "get off on a technicality"
    },
    {
      "word": "take the rap"
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        "To escape legal conviction and punishment for a crime which one has been charged with committing; to be acquitted."
      ],
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          "escape"
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          "legal",
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        ],
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          "conviction",
          "conviction"
        ],
        [
          "punishment",
          "punishment"
        ],
        [
          "crime",
          "crime"
        ],
        [
          "charge",
          "charge"
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        "(slang) To escape legal conviction and punishment for a crime which one has been charged with committing; to be acquitted."
      ],
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