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 To help such women, Ciotti, who is seventy-nine, has spent the past twenty years creating an informal network of safe houses, burner phones, and coöperative policemen. D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024 Gru’s latest bust of an old schoolmate Maxime (Will Ferrell), however, puts Gru, his wife/fellow AVL Agent Lucy (Kristen Wiig) and their family at risk, so the AVL moves them to a safe house. Tim Lammers, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2024 The influx has been a boon to criminal organizations in Mexico, which charge thousands of dollars to ferry customers from safe houses in Tijuana and Mexicali to remote crossings where migrants can skirt the U.S. border wall. Nick Miroff, Washington Post, 29 July 2024 The current residents of The Lifeboat Project’s new safe house are just a handful of those who have benefited. Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for safe house 

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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 31 Oct. 2024.

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