safe house

noun

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

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Another cook demonstrated for Times reporters how to produce fentanyl in a cartel safe house in Sinaloa State, in northwest Mexico. Meridith Kohut, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024 Back at the safe house, Kyle and the gang are questioning Gutierrez on the polygraph while the maid, his informant in the Carrillo home, is having a much quieter chat with Kaitlyn. Andy Andersen, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2024 Not to mention a safe house filled with migrants about to be crossed illegally at the border wall. Matt Rivers, ABC News, 29 Jan. 2025 Forced to hide out in a safe house, Gru, Lucy, Margo, Edith, Agnes and Gru Jr. must keep their old identities a secret while trying to fend off the nefarious plot against them. Emily Blackwood, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025 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 3 Mar. 2025.

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