scotfree

See also: scot-free

English

Adverb

scotfree

  1. Alternative spelling of scot-free
    • 1577, Raphael Holinshed, Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland, volume 3:
      […] albeit well knowne that they escaped not scotfrée,
    • 1915, George Willis Botsford, Hellenic Civilization, page 429:
      […] but in the actual situation how would you not seem to act outrageously if you are to let go scotfree the men who confess that they have been acting illegally?

Translations
scot-free — see scot-free
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