< 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
In a joint letter to the foreign ministers of six Balkan countries, seen by Reuters, de Maiziere and Steinmeier asked them to accept so-called "laissez-passer" documents.
From Reuters • Oct. 23, 2015
Brafman said the Manhattan District Attorney’s office had his client’s only passport and that a laissez-passer travel document was in Washington and that William Taylor, his lawyer there, would take possession of it.
From BusinessWeek • May 16, 2011
This officer, having no French laissez-passer, was stopped by one of our patrols, taken prisoner and his despatches sent to Napoleon.
From The Memoirs of General Baron De Marbot by Colt, Oliver C.
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