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beat the rap |
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beat the rap Sl. to evade conviction and punishment (for a crime). He was charged with drunk driving, but he beat the rap. The police hauled Tom in and charged him with a crime. His lawyer helped him beat the rap. beat the rap (American informal) to escape being punished There's no way he can beat the rap now. No lawyer can save him. beat the rap to avoid being punished People think that if you have enough money and high-priced lawyers, you can generally beat the rap. Related vocabulary: get off (scot-free)How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The painful and lingering memory of the Los Angeles Police Department officers' acquittal in the King beating trial, the deep reluctance of prosecutors to charge police with abuse and jurors' aversion to convicting cops in racially tinged cases sobered many blacks to the fact that the odds were great Morse would beat the rap. Could it be that Martha will beat the rap in the ImClone case? The scan confirmed that the beast had a heart with a structure that could finally help dinosaurs beat the rap as cold-blooded killers. |
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