unpunishedun‧pun‧ished /ʌnˈpʌnɪʃt/ adjective 
- It looked a harsh decision, especially when the referee allowed late tackles to go unpunished.
- Numerous violations of constitutional rights went unpunished during the thirties.
- Of course, when it comes to oligarchies and bureaucracies, no good deed goes unpunished.
- So far their offence has gone unpunished.
- The problem therefore arises of achieving this enviable state and yet ensuring that sinners do not go unpunished.
- Your pride won't go unpunished.
to not be punished► get off informal if a criminal gets off , they get little or no official punishment for their crime: · If he gets off, it's because he has a smart lawyer.get off easy: · You got off easy; you should have been expelled.get off scot-free (=escape punishment completely): · Despite the evidence against him, Heston got off scot-free.
► get away with to do something wrong and not be caught or not be punished for it: · He probably got away with about a dozen crimes before he was finally arrested for one.get away with it: · He was the only child in the class who could be rude to the teacher and get away with it.get away with murder informal (=to be allowed to do anything you want and not be punished for it): · Ronnoe lets his kids get away with murder.
► beat the rap American informal to avoid being punished after breaking the law, especially because you cannot be proved guilty: · Frye was arrested on state and federal charges, but he managed to beat the rap.
► with impunity if someone is able to do something wrong or illegal with impunity , they can do it without any risk of being punished: · If you see others breaking the law with impunity, you may be tempted to do the same.· The previous regime was corrupt, and government officials were able to flout the law with impunity.
► go unpunished if bad behaviour, crime etc goes unpunished, the person who behaved badly or did something wrong is not punished for it: · Guards involved in drug deals went unpunished.· Hate crimes will not be tolerated and will not go unpunished.
► go unpunished- Before 1870, a husband could legally go unpunished for beating his wife.
- Guards involved in drug deals went unpunished.
- Hate crimes will not be tolerated and will not go unpunished.
- At this point in development, children typically believe that a lie is wrong even if it goes unpunished.
- But no good deed goes unpunished in noire crime stories.
- In Port-au-Prince there are fears that Dominique's murder, like the deaths of so many others, will go unpunished.
- It looked a harsh decision, especially when the referee allowed late tackles to go unpunished.
- Middlesex have twice had to carpet Ramprakash this season after astonishing flare-ups and another incident went unpunished.
- Numerous violations of constitutional rights went unpunished during the thirties.
- Of course, when it comes to oligarchies and bureaucracies, no good deed goes unpunished.
- Your pride won't go unpunished.
adjectivepunishablepunishingunpunishedpunitivenounpunishmentverbpunish
An attack like that cannot go unpunished.