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
There was no immediate comment from Pakistan, which repeatedly has said its military only targets Afghan posts and militant hideouts.
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ABC News, 16 Mar. 2026
This is intentional, as the hotel—founded, owned, and fashioned by Robert De Niro—serves as a discreet hideout for stars passing through the city for film festival press junkets and industry negotiations.
—Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Mar. 2026
Local legend has it that the outlaw Jesse James once used the caverns as a hideout, adding some infamous intrigue to the subterranean spectacle.
—Zoey Goto, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2026
Frontiers are already porous here, crossed by smuggling routes, refugee trails and militant hideouts.
—Mihir Sharma, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2026
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ABC News, 16 Mar. 2026
This is intentional, as the hotel—founded, owned, and fashioned by Robert De Niro—serves as a discreet hideout for stars passing through the city for film festival press junkets and industry negotiations.
—Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Mar. 2026
Local legend has it that the outlaw Jesse James once used the caverns as a hideout, adding some infamous intrigue to the subterranean spectacle.
—Zoey Goto, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2026
Frontiers are already porous here, crossed by smuggling routes, refugee trails and militant hideouts.
—Mihir Sharma, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for hideout
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hideout
Noun
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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
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Both are one-night-in-hell slashers about two estranged sisters forced to fight their way out of a lair of rich people who’ve joined a devil cult and are hellbent on sacrificing them to their dark lord.—
Jada Yuan,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2026
Noun
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But active nests like those the Tennis Club’s newest residents made cannot be removed or relocated.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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As the waterways are taken over by this single plant species, less and less habitat is available for our native wildlife to nest, eat, and breed.—
Peg Aloi,
The Spruce,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Miniature microwaves are the perfect addition to a recreational vehicle, dormitory room, den or other small space.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2026
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What looked at first to be a repeat of a recent sketch about wine-drinking wives chatting in the kitchen and playing truth or dare instead pivoted to a scene about husbands stuck together in a den with nothing to talk about.—
Omar L. Gallaga,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The cocooning effect is helped along by Jacques Garcia’s interiors, layered with taupes and burgundies, velvet and lacquer (and some 6,000 meters of damask silk thrown in the mix), into a hideaway that’s both ornate and relaxing.—
Lindsey Tramuta,
Robb Report,
2 Apr. 2026
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Miskit, who is now chief operating officer for Visit Sacramento, a group that represents local hoteliers, described the space as being their hideaway.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Hideout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hideout. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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