Examples of scot-free in a Sentence
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None of the officials saw it, though, and O’Nien walked away scot-free.
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Beren Cross, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
But Craig doesn’t get off scot-free.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2026
And people tend to believe that some rich people got off scot-free in this -- in the Epstein case, the Epstein files.
—ABC News, 21 Dec. 2025
But not everyone escaped the attack scot-free.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 7 Oct. 2025
But that doesn’t mean your boyfriend gets off scot-free.
—Anna Pulley, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
Colleges get off scot-free while raking in prodigious amounts of money at a much greater rate than the general percentage of inflation.
—Greg Maresca, Boston Herald, 29 July 2025
Still, Combs did not come out of this trial scot-free.
—Pilar Melendez, NBC news, 4 July 2025
Animal abusers have gotten away scot-free under Mayor Scott.
—Caroline A. Griffin, Baltimore Sun, 3 July 2025
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Beren Cross, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
But Craig doesn’t get off scot-free.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2026
And people tend to believe that some rich people got off scot-free in this -- in the Epstein case, the Epstein files.
—ABC News, 21 Dec. 2025
But not everyone escaped the attack scot-free.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 7 Oct. 2025
But that doesn’t mean your boyfriend gets off scot-free.
—Anna Pulley, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
Colleges get off scot-free while raking in prodigious amounts of money at a much greater rate than the general percentage of inflation.
—Greg Maresca, Boston Herald, 29 July 2025
Still, Combs did not come out of this trial scot-free.
—Pilar Melendez, NBC news, 4 July 2025
Animal abusers have gotten away scot-free under Mayor Scott.
—Caroline A. Griffin, Baltimore Sun, 3 July 2025
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“Scot-free.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scot-free. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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