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
The octopuses can safely stand still during their hour-long mating process because, Villar speculates, both male and female can be hidden in their respective rocky hideouts.
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Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 2 Apr. 2026
At the time of writing, the clip of her hamster’s great escape and hideout has been watched over 308,000 times.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
The tour came in response to the Ecuadoran defense ministry's March 25 statement that his property wasn't a dairy farm, as had been reported, but a drug trafficking hideout, based on United States intelligence.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
Virunga's forests are also believed to have been used as a hideout by fighters from the ADF militia, which has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State jihadist group.
—CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
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Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 2 Apr. 2026
At the time of writing, the clip of her hamster’s great escape and hideout has been watched over 308,000 times.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
The tour came in response to the Ecuadoran defense ministry's March 25 statement that his property wasn't a dairy farm, as had been reported, but a drug trafficking hideout, based on United States intelligence.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
Virunga's forests are also believed to have been used as a hideout by fighters from the ADF militia, which has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State jihadist group.
—CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hideout
Noun
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At the Broadhurst, where Cats has now built its lair, Hauck has brought the runway back and provided some onstage seating to replicate the audience’s proximity to the action.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2026
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And then there’s newcomer, a disruptor given the name Pumpkin (Lola Fung), who formerly worked at a pretzel shop and enters this lair with suspicion.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Friends of Big Bear Valley, the nonprofit group that oversees the webcam trained on the couple’s nest, announced Wednesday that name submissions are being accepted through April 26 on the group’s website.—
Cierra Morgan,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2026
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Murres typically spend all their time in the open ocean, only coming to shore to breed and nest.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Joe is lording over his fiefdom from his den, designed in perfect Don Corleone-chic decor, when his fax machine buzzes to life.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
21 Apr. 2026
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And so, under the cover of night, the two carnivores have been constantly at odds, racing for the right to hunt rabbits and squirrels, and for the space to dig a den to rear their young.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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On Crete’s remote southern part, adult-only Numo Ierapetra from the Curio Collection is another hideaway worth a nearly two-hour drive from the island’s Heraklion airport.—
Yulia Denisyuk,
Robb Report,
16 Apr. 2026
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She has been tracked down to a mountain hideaway in the Austrian Alps, British newspaper The Sun reported on April 16.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Hideout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hideout. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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