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

The Front Page Highlights The yearslong effort to groom the former Iranian president as an intelligence asset culminated in a dramatic effort to take him to a Mossad safe house in Iran in the early days of the war. — Ronen Bergman Jonah Rosenberg Peter Baker Alan Feuer, New York Times, 14 July 2026

The men were arrested this month as part of a multi-state operation after federal authorities uncovered what prosecutors allege was a coordinated attack plan involving explosive-laden drones, sniper teams and safe houses intended to support an assault during the event. — Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026

Messages allegedly included discussions of sniper positions, drone launch locations, escape routes and a potential safe house. — Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026

The lead characters spend most of the movie on the run, hiding out in safe houses, switching modes of transport, etc. — Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 11 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for safe house

• boardinghouse
• charterhouse
• clearinghouse
• coffeehouse
• customhouse
• firehouse
• meetinghouse
• motherhouse
• packinghouse
• pilothouse
• powerhouse
• slaughterhouse