hideout
noun
hide·out
ˈhīd-ˌau̇t 
plural hideouts
: a place of refuge, retreat, or concealment
a criminal's secret hideout
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police found the stolen jewels under the floorboards in the thief's hideout, a cabin deep in the woods
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The family appreciated the place as a hideout, remembered Dylan’s local fix-it-man at the time, Michael Leshner.
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Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 6 Dec. 2024
For decades, travelers have been able to see the Frank family’s hideout by visiting the Anne Frank House, a biographical museum created in the 1950s in collaboration with her father, Otto Frank.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
In California, Parker and Knight stake the possible locations of the cartel hideout where Torres might be held.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 15 Oct. 2024
Following young Princess Leia’s (Vivien Lyra Blair) kidnapping — a ploy by Inquisitor Reva (The Queen’s Gambit’s Moses Ingram) to draw him out — Obi-Wan left his decade-long hideout on Tatooine for a rescue mission that took him far across the galaxy.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 9 Oct. 2024
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Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 6 Dec. 2024
For decades, travelers have been able to see the Frank family’s hideout by visiting the Anne Frank House, a biographical museum created in the 1950s in collaboration with her father, Otto Frank.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
In California, Parker and Knight stake the possible locations of the cartel hideout where Torres might be held.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 15 Oct. 2024
Following young Princess Leia’s (Vivien Lyra Blair) kidnapping — a ploy by Inquisitor Reva (The Queen’s Gambit’s Moses Ingram) to draw him out — Obi-Wan left his decade-long hideout on Tatooine for a rescue mission that took him far across the galaxy.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Hideout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hideout. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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hideout
noun
hide·out
ˈhī-ˌdau̇t
: a secret place for hiding
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