"scot-free" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌskɒtˈfɹi/ [UK], /ˌskɑtˈfɹi/ [US] Audio: en-us-scot-free.ogg , en-au-scot-free.ogg Forms: more scot-free [comparative], most scot-free [superlative]
Rhymes: -iː Etymology: From Middle English scotfre, from Old English scotfrēo (“scot-free; exempt from royal tax or imposts”), equivalent to scot (“payment; contribution; fine”) + -free. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|scotfre}} Middle English scotfre, {{inh|en|ang|scotfrēo||scot-free; exempt from royal tax or imposts}} Old English scotfrēo (“scot-free; exempt from royal tax or imposts”), {{suffix|en|scot|free|t1=payment; contribution; fine}} scot (“payment; contribution; fine”) + -free Head templates: {{en-adj|head=scot-free}} scot-free (comparative more scot-free, superlative most scot-free)
  1. (archaic) Free of scot, free of tax. Tags: archaic Related terms: beat the rap Translations (free of scot; free of tax): veroton (Finnish), dégrevé (French), détaxé (French), steuerfrei (German), беспошлинно (bespošlinno) (note: somewhat) (Russian), desgravado (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-scot-free-en-adj-lImkgDbo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -free, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -free: 71 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 85 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: scotfree, scott free, scotchfree, skot fre, shot-free [obsolete]

Adverb

IPA: /ˌskɒtˈfɹi/ [UK], /ˌskɑtˈfɹi/ [US] Audio: en-us-scot-free.ogg , en-au-scot-free.ogg
Rhymes: -iː Etymology: From Middle English scotfre, from Old English scotfrēo (“scot-free; exempt from royal tax or imposts”), equivalent to scot (“payment; contribution; fine”) + -free. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|scotfre}} Middle English scotfre, {{inh|en|ang|scotfrēo||scot-free; exempt from royal tax or imposts}} Old English scotfrēo (“scot-free; exempt from royal tax or imposts”), {{suffix|en|scot|free|t1=payment; contribution; fine}} scot (“payment; contribution; fine”) + -free Head templates: {{en-adv|-|head=scot-free}} scot-free (not comparable)
  1. (colloquial) Without consequences or penalties, free without payment. Tags: colloquial, not-comparable Translations (without consequences or penalties): безнаказан (beznakazan) (Bulgarian), rangaistuksetta (Finnish), kuin koira veräjästä (Finnish), en douce (French), ni vu ni connu (French), ungeschoren (German), ungestraft (German), straffrei (German), sértetlenül (Hungarian), bántódás nélkül (Hungarian), büntetlenül (Hungarian), (unharmed) öskaddaður [masculine] (Icelandic), (unharmed) ómeiddur [masculine] (Icelandic), slysalaust (english: without accidents) (Icelandic), ókeypis (english: free) (Icelandic), sleppa með skrekkinn (english: get off scot-free) (Icelandic), rozchodzić się po kościach [imperfective] (Polish), rozejść się po kościach [perfective] (Polish), безнаказанно (beznakazanno) (Russian), impune (Spanish), de rositas (Spanish), strafflös (Swedish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: scotfree, scott free, scotchfree, skot fre, shot-free [obsolete]

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1967, United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia, Anticrime Legislation, page 38:",
          "text": "Correct me if I am missuggesting; you stated that there were 28,000 actual serious crimes committed in 1965 —I believe it was that year — and only 1,000 convictions , which means that the chances are, roughly, 28 to 1 of getting off scot free — that one can commit an act of violence, a serious crime, and have a good chance of getting off.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 September 5, Chris McGreal, “Opioids have killed 600,000 Americans. The Sacklers just got off scot-free”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "Opioids have killed 600,000 Americans. The Sacklers just got off scot-free [title]",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 August 4, Elizabeth Williamson, quoting Mark Bankston, “Jurors Award Sandy Hook Parents $4 Million in Damages”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
          "text": "He added: “It’s been a long journey, and it’s really, really nice to able^([sic]) to turn and look at my clients, and say ‘he can’t get off scot-free for this. He can’t. You had a defendant who went into that courtroom and said, ‘I think I should have to pay them a dollar.’ And this jury said no.”",
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        "Without consequences or penalties, free without payment."
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        "(colloquial) Without consequences or penalties, free without payment."
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      "ipa": "/ˌskɒtˈfɹi/",
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      "ipa": "/ˌskɑtˈfɹi/",
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      "word": "scotfree"
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      "word": "scott free"
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    {
      "word": "scotchfree"
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    {
      "word": "skot fre"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "beznakazan",
      "sense": "without consequences or penalties",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "without consequences or penalties",
      "word": "rangaistuksetta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "without consequences or penalties",
      "word": "kuin koira veräjästä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "without consequences or penalties",
      "word": "en douce"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "without consequences or penalties",
      "word": "ni vu ni connu"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "without consequences or penalties",
      "word": "ungeschoren"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "without consequences or penalties",
      "word": "ungestraft"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "without consequences or penalties",
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    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "without consequences or penalties",
      "word": "sértetlenül"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "without consequences or penalties",
      "word": "bántódás nélkül"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
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      "word": "büntetlenül"
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "without consequences or penalties",
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      "code": "is",
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      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "without consequences or penalties",
      "word": "slysalaust"
    },
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      "code": "is",
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      "lang": "Icelandic",
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      "word": "ókeypis"
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      "code": "is",
      "english": "get off scot-free",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "without consequences or penalties",
      "word": "sleppa með skrekkinn"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "without consequences or penalties",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "without consequences or penalties",
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      "roman": "beznakazanno",
      "sense": "without consequences or penalties",
      "word": "безнаказанно"
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "impune"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "without consequences or penalties",
      "word": "de rositas"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "without consequences or penalties",
      "word": "strafflös"
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  "word": "scot-free"
}

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      "word": "beat the rap"
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        "(archaic) Free of scot, free of tax."
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      "word": "scotchfree"
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    {
      "word": "skot fre"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "free of scot; free of tax",
      "word": "veroton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "free of scot; free of tax",
      "word": "dégrevé"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "free of scot; free of tax",
      "word": "détaxé"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "free of scot; free of tax",
      "word": "steuerfrei"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "roman": "bespošlinno",
      "sense": "free of scot; free of tax",
      "word": "беспошлинно"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "free of scot; free of tax",
      "word": "desgravado"
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  "word": "scot-free"
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