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 Where to stay Book now: GoldenEye Author Ian Fleming’s Caribbean hideout, GoldenEye, is today a resort with 49 cottages, bungalows, and beach huts, plus Fleming’s own three-bedroom villa. Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 29 July 2025 Port Royal is Jamaica's second World Heritage Site, with the first being the Blue and John Crow Mountains, a rugged and forested area in the country's east, which served as a refuge and hideout for people fleeing slavery. Zach Wichter, USA Today, 23 July 2025 His garage served as both a workplace and a hideout when needed. Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 5 July 2025 Electro-Cumbia beats on the high-end hi-fi, soft red lighting, a dreamlike atmosphere: Daydream is an alluring little hideout on SE Clinton, where there’s always a live DJ and the drinks skewer trendily low ABV. Jordan Michelman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for hideout
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Noun
  • Cheetah cubs spend their first two months hidden in a lair while their mother hunts.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Somehow this ineptly plotted affair lured Keke Palmer into its lair and her comedy chops all but gets handcuffed by an illogical, unfunny screenplay.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Twenty years later, the city had 30 nests.
    Tom Langen, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Remnants of concrete German artillery bunkers and machine gun nests litter the coastline.
    Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Nearby, a cozy den and library loft offer quiet nooks for reading—or plotting your next soirée.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 6 Sep. 2025
  • This time producer Brad Ingelsby tapped Mark Ruffalo as a depressed and traumatized FBI agent leading a task force investigating a series of home invasions targeting drug dens in the area.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The former looks like a Caribbean hideaway with huts which are built from bamboo and have thatched roofs.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • For something more exclusive, the Seychelles, an archipelago nation in the Indian Ocean, delivers barefoot luxury—from breezy suites on Mahé (the largest island of Seychelles) to private-island hideaways.
    Karin Jones, Travel + Leisure, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Hideout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hideout. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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