scot-free UK /ˌskɒtˈfɹi/US /ˌskɑtˈfɹi/adjective 1adverb 1forms 2 adjective1 •(no longer used) Free of scot, free of tax. adverb1 •(informal) Without consequences or penalties, free without payment.To say the Iesuites are all smattred vvith Atheisme, I vvill not: and to say, that any of them all are absolutely scotfree from it, I cannot: it is so repugnant from their ovvne principles. — 1602 formsmore scot-free · most scot-free