safe house

noun

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

Examples of safe house in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web During a search of one of the group’s safe houses, Shin Bet investigators discovered the Revolt’s founding documents. Mark Mazzetti Jonathan Davis Anna Diamond David Mason, New York Times, 16 May 2024 Never Let Go brings a whole new meaning to the term safe house. Gerrad Hall, EW.com, 16 May 2024 Advertisement Minutes after arriving at the airport on the Mexico side of the border in Nuevo Laredo — a cartel hub notorious for shake-downs and abductions of migrants — Guerrero said he and his wife and son were shoved into a vehicle and taken to a cartel safe house. Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024 Meanwhile, the gang just needs to lay low for 24 hours in the conspicuously spooky mansion he’s chosen for their safe house. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2024 Doll is held at a remote safe house owned by a man who is mourning his deceased mother, while Doll’s girlfriend frantically searches for him. The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024 At this point, Weston and Agent Favs resurface to brush off the idea that a CIA leak could’ve compromised Renard’s safe house location. EW.com, 26 Feb. 2024 So often the Underground Railroad is imagined as an intricate network of safe houses and passageways that guided enslaved people to freedom in the 19th century. Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 9 Feb. 2024 Their leader has a reputation for living on the move, shuffling between safe houses. Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2024

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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 19 May. 2024.

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