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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a licence to kill" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing permission or authority to act without restraint, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "In the world of espionage, agents often feel they have a licence to kill when carrying out their missions."
Alternatives: "a free pass to kill" or "an authorization to kill".
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Secret agent 007 might have a licence to kill.
In Colombia this is a licence to kill.
Nobody does it better; got a licence to kill.
Ah, like another dapper Brit with a licence to kill?
And James Bond has a licence to kill.
Also MI6 never had a licence to kill".
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But there was a glittery, disco-ball 70's sensibility to the place, perfectly fitting its role as the first-run home of thundering broad-screen epics like "Superman," "Raiders of the Lost Ark," "The Man Who Would Be King," "Return of the Jedi" and multiples of 007: "A View to a Kill," "Licence to Kill" and "The Living Daylights".
Maybe Laura Robson should change her name to Lara Robanova?" Well Miss Robson/Robanova certainly looks like she has a erm, licence to kill right now, as two winners give her a sniff at 40-30.
Elvis Costello harmonises with himself on a dubby "Licence to Kill"; fans of Adele will like her typically intense piano-backed live version of "Make You Feel My Love".
Senior British diplomats introduced an extraordinary "licence to kill" law in an attempt to legalise retrospectively the colonial-era killing of 24 villagers by UK troops in Malaysia, the Observer can reveal.
The actor, 50, is accused of using weapons with an expired licence to kill black bucks in a protected forest area, where hunting the animals is illegal, in 1998.
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