< French: literally, allow to pass
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He carried a laissez-passer from the Eritrean government, allowing him a one-time entry into the country.
From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2016
Unsuccessful asylum-seekers often cannot be sent back to their home countries if they do not have passports, and getting laissez-passer paperwork recognized often takes a long time.
From Reuters • Oct. 23, 2015
An EU "laissez-passer" is suggested to aid procedures in home or transit countries and should become "the standard travel document for the expulsion of third-country nationals".
From Reuters • Oct. 7, 2015
His so-called laissez-passer travel document issued by the United Nations will be given to his lawyers, who will turn it over to prosecutors, according to the filing.
From BusinessWeek • May 19, 2011
He crossed out the safe-conduct and on the laissez-passer wrote: "Good for immediate return to Paris," and carefully set down the date.
From Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them by Ruhl, Arthur
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