as in lair
a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others
police found the stolen jewels under the floorboards in the thief's hideout, a cabin deep in the woods
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Recent Examples of hideout
In the pre-dawn hours, prosecutors say Routh set up a sniper hideout near Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida.
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2025
After smelling the bullet, Matt’s hunt brings him to the Punisher, who is taking shelter in a secret hideout.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
Scouts can also be used to gather resources needed to build new structures in Naoe and Yasuke’s hideout.
—George Yang, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2025
Up until the al-Qaeda forces discover their hideout, the action is contained to mundane activities: confirming operations, tracking other platoons’ movements.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 7 May 2025
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2025
After smelling the bullet, Matt’s hunt brings him to the Punisher, who is taking shelter in a secret hideout.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
Scouts can also be used to gather resources needed to build new structures in Naoe and Yasuke’s hideout.
—George Yang, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2025
Up until the al-Qaeda forces discover their hideout, the action is contained to mundane activities: confirming operations, tracking other platoons’ movements.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 7 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hideout
Noun
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The group follows Amelia into a secret lair in Silicon Valley where the '80s motherboard is locked away.—
Keith Langston,
People.com,
28 June 2025
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Thanks to an incessant stream of sensational newspaper articles and a nonstop rumor mill, the public had the idea of Hollywood as a lair of iniquity and debasement.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 June 2025
Noun
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That’s despite a range of threats facing shorebirds in Florida, from predators and human interference to nest overwash from storms and rising high tides.—
Molly Duerig,
Miami Herald,
28 June 2025
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According to the study authors, while the circular indentations may be tied to the theropod’s attempts at nest building, the scratches are more likely the remains of their ritual dance-offs, in which male dinosaurs dug deep into the sand, slashing their claws and sending spews of dust into the air.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
27 June 2025
Noun
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The unit has two bathrooms, nine-foot ceilings, a multi-purpose den and a kitchen with all-new stainless steel Bosch appliances.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2025
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After a den of thieves ransacked a rural Northern California home so many times that the owner fled in fear, the property fell into even wilder hands: a group of bears, authorities said.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2025
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Now the 27-year-old Florida native is shifting gears on the real estate front, hoisting her hideaway in the rural Los Angeles area of Topanga Canyon in the foothills above Malibu on the market for nearly $4 million.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
27 June 2025
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Some even hoped the two were being sent to the risqué hideaway.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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“Hideout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hideout. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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