scot-free
adjective
[ skɒtˈfriː ]
• without suffering any punishment or injury.
• "the people who kidnapped you will get off scot-free"
Similar:
unpunished,
without punishment,
unreprimanded,
unscathed,
unhurt,
unharmed,
without a scratch,
uninjured,
undamaged,
safe,
scatheless,
Origin:
early 16th century: from the old word shot-free ‘not subject to the payment of scot or tax’: see scot.
