safe house

noun

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

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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 According to one of the men who helped her escape, Tyrone Rison, Shakur spent the next several years moving around safe houses in New York, New Jersey, and Pittsburgh. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2025 The clip begins with their daughter, Tali (Isla Gie), noticing a suspicious car pulling into the driveway of their safe house. Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025 The electronic safe houses were found in places including Armonk, New York; Greenwich, Connecticut; Queens, New York; and across the river in New Jersey – essentially forming a circle around New York City’s cellular network infrastructure, officials briefed on the investigation said. John Miller, CNN Money, 23 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 9 Oct. 2025.

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