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What does scot-free mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word scot-free? Here's what it means.

Adverb
  1. (archaic) Free of scot, free of tax.
  2. (colloquial) Without consequences or penalties, to go free without payment.
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Anyone who opposes such moves must be prepared to justify traffickers and paedophiles getting off scot-free.
From the beginning I've had the suspicion that at the end of the day Walker would basically get off scot-free.
As for the higher-ups getting off scot-free, they do not with our proceeds of crime bill.
It is quite incredible to think that these people are still getting off scot-free for mass abuses of human rights.
The case must be pleaded by advocates of the aggrieved party, otherwise the culprits of this heinous crime would go scot-free.
As before, low-ranking men and women will take the full blame while the higher ups get off scot-free.

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