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Scot-free /skɒtˈfriː/ (adverb) — to get away without suffering punishment or injury.

"On account of your reliance on legal advice clause the useless lawyer who gave you that crappy advice got away with it scot-free".

Etymology: A “scot” or “secot” was a municipal tax in mediaeval England. To go scot-free was to successfully dodge the tax.

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-{{g}}{{PAGENAME}}''' /skɒtˈfriː/ ([[adverb]]) — without suffering any punishment or injury.
+{{g}}'''{{PAGENAME}}''' /skɒtˈfriː/ ([[adverb]]) — to get away without suffering punishment or injury.
-"On account of your [[reliance on legal advice]] clause the useless lawyer who gave you that crappy advice got away with it scot-free".
+"On account of your [[reliance on legal advice]] clause the useless lawyer who gave you that crappy advice got away with it [[scot-free]]".
 Etymology: A “scot” or “secot”  was a municipal tax in mediaeval  England. To go [[scot-free]] was to successfully dodge the tax.