A "Karma Houdini" is a villain who is never punished (or is insufficiently punished) for their evil actions by the end of a story, thus escaping justice and "pulling a Houdini" (disappearing) from the way of karma. As such, when the story is over, the villains are not really defeated; remain in position to continue their misdeeds, either towards the protagonists or a new target; or in the most extreme cases, are still as much of a threat as they were before.
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