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 Doll is held at a remote safe house owned by a man who is mourning his deceased mother, while Doll’s girlfriend frantically searches for him. The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024 At this point, Weston and Agent Favs resurface to brush off the idea that a CIA leak could’ve compromised Renard’s safe house location. EW.com, 26 Feb. 2024 So often the Underground Railroad is imagined as an intricate network of safe houses and passageways that guided enslaved people to freedom in the 19th century. Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 9 Feb. 2024 Their leader has a reputation for living on the move, shuffling between safe houses. Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2024 He was taken to a safe house in Waukesha and given help to escape to Canada. Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2024 Many defectors rely on a network of secret routes and safe houses, set up by Korean pastors inspired by the Underground Railroad, the secret passages enslaved African Americans used to escape to free states from the late 1700s until the American Civil War. Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 19 Feb. 2024 Need a discreet cargo container safe house where the players can hole up after a job gone bad? Rob Wieland, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024 The safe house had functioned as a headquarters for groups affiliated with the IRGC, the senior defense official said. Kyle Rempfer, Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2023

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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 17 Apr. 2024.

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