get away with murder
idiom
: to murder someone without being captured or punished
a vicious killer who nearly got away with murder
—usually used figuratively to describe someone who does something very bad or wrong without being criticized or punishedThe company had been getting away with murder for years before the scandal broke.
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The main event: Donald Trump brings ‘Seal Team Six’ argument to the Supreme Court
Can a president get away with murder?
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Dan Morrison, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2024
But an Enquirer investigation found several of those cases later unraveled, raising the possibility that unreliable informants helped send innocent people to prison and allowed others to get away with murder.
—The Enquirer, 21 Mar. 2024
Nick Shaughnessy: Most definitely Jim Axelrod: Did Jaclyn Edison get away with murder?
—Jim Axelrod, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2024
But in real life, charismatic individuals like Macchiarini are able to get away with murder fairly regularly.
—Vulture, 21 Dec. 2023
The general praise of doctors has allowed a few in the profession to get away with murder, literally.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 15 Dec. 2023
As victims’ rights groups put it, the law means that people will get away with murder — on both sides of the conflict.
—David Segal, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2023
The attorney said that along with a lack of motive, there was no sophisticated planning to show that Thomas was trying to get away with murder.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2023
The government just seemed to get away with murder.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2022
Dan Morrison, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2024
But an Enquirer investigation found several of those cases later unraveled, raising the possibility that unreliable informants helped send innocent people to prison and allowed others to get away with murder.
—The Enquirer, 21 Mar. 2024
Nick Shaughnessy: Most definitely Jim Axelrod: Did Jaclyn Edison get away with murder?
—Jim Axelrod, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2024
But in real life, charismatic individuals like Macchiarini are able to get away with murder fairly regularly.
—Vulture, 21 Dec. 2023
The general praise of doctors has allowed a few in the profession to get away with murder, literally.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 15 Dec. 2023
As victims’ rights groups put it, the law means that people will get away with murder — on both sides of the conflict.
—David Segal, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2023
The attorney said that along with a lack of motive, there was no sophisticated planning to show that Thomas was trying to get away with murder.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2023
The government just seemed to get away with murder.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2022
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