safe house

noun

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

Examples of safe house in a Sentence

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After a stint in the forest with partisans, Lili and Theo arrive in Rome, settling into a safe house apartment. Julia M. Klein, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2025 In truth, the address is a DEA safe house near Hartford. Chris Klimek, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025 The girl had seen police approach her father in the street outside their safe house in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad and ran to confront them. Sophia Saifi, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025 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 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 9 Mar. 2025.

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