safe house

noun

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

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According to The Wall Street Journal, Machado was smuggled out of her safe house shortly before dawn on Monday, wearing a wig and a disguise, then placed into a vehicle headed for the coast. Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 11 Dec. 2025 Malik’s boss is not happy that Malik doesn’t have a grip on the Crane brothers, though Malik assures him that Amos frightened Sarah into backing off — and that Dinah is tucked away at a safe house. Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025 In this safe house, Etminan went through dailies on a 2020 MacBook Air hooked up to a widescreen TV. Hugh Hart, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2025 Roggio also said that the Taliban permits al Qaeda to run religious schools, safe houses for leaders in the terrorist network and their families who transit between Afghanistan and Iran, as well as a weapons shortage depot. Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 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 13 Dec. 2025.

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