safe-conduct
a document authorizing safe passage through a region, especially in time of war.
this privilege.
the act of conducting in safety.
Origin of safe-conduct
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How to use safe-conduct in a sentence
Still, Morales refused to grant him safe conduct on grounds that Pinto stood accused of common crimes.
Police loudspeakers promised the Egyptian interior ministry would give safe conduct to anyone who went out peacefully.
Egypt’s Government Thugs Beat Me Up at the Rabaa Sit-In | Mike Giglio | August 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAdam prudently left his papers in safe keeping at Berwick till he had provided himself with a safe conduct.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. MurisonThe safe-conduct was issued on July 2; and it was not Edward's fault that Balliol postponed his visit.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. MurisonI am summoned hither, so I come, but it may be necessary to secure a hostage for my safe conduct outside the walls again.
The Red Year | Louis Tracy
She had the means in her possession to guarantee safe conduct of their abductors--or so she thought.
The Adventure Girls at K Bar O | Clair BlankThe Irish annalists say that this arrest was treacherous, but it does not appear that he had any safe-conduct.
Ireland Under the Tudors, Vol. II (of 3) | Richard Bagwell
British Dictionary definitions for safe-conduct
a document giving official permission to travel through a region, esp in time of war
the protection afforded by such a document
to conduct (a person) in safety
to give a safe-conduct to
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