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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
scot-free
ˌscot-ˈfree BrE NAmE adverb (informal)
without receiving the punishment you deserve
•They got off scot-free because of lack of evidence. This idiom comes from the old English word ‘scot’ meaning ‘tax’. People were scot-free if they didn't have to pay the tax.
Word Origin:
[scot-free] from the early sense ‘not subject to the payment of scot.’
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