safe house

noun

: a place where one may engage in secret activities or take refuge

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Unlike his close friend Gerry Adams, whose mind for strategy and drive toward self-preservation kept him shuttling among various safe houses, Hughes was most at home in the streets. Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024 Ciudad Hidalgo Mayor Elmer Vázquez claimed to not know anything about migrant safe houses operating in the area and said his town always looks after migrants. Maria Verza, The Denver Post, 30 Oct. 2024 Khamenei has reportedly been moved to a safe house. Carol E. B. Choksy, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2024 To help such women, Ciotti, who is seventy-nine, has spent the past twenty years creating an informal network of safe houses, burner phones, and coöperative policemen. D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for safe house 

Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of safe house was in 1928

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“Safe house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/safe%20house. Accessed 27 Nov. 2024.

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