0 the act by a writer or poet of changing facts or rules to make a story or poem more interesting or effective:
With a certain amount of poetic licence, that could be described as a tariff.
I suspect that my noble friend was using a certain amount of poetic licence when he said that one's garden could be taken away.
I think "skulduggery" might be a bit of poetic licence.
Poetic licence is one thing, but we should not take it too far.
That is how it will be, with only the minimum amount of poetic licence.
He may have used a little poetic licence.
I believe that most are written in an enthusiastic, glossy style with an element of poetic licence.
I do not want anyone to imagine that this is just a poetical reference, although some poetic licence is used later.
