Hideout (Noun)
Meaning
A hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws.
Classification
Nouns denoting spatial position.
Examples
- The sheriff and his posse had been searching for hours to find the notorious outlaw's hideout deep in the mountains.
- The gang of robbers used an old abandoned mine as their hideout after each heist.
- Legend has it that Jesse James had a secret hideout nearby, where he could lay low for a while.
- The police finally discovered the thief's hideout in an abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of town.
- Outlaws in the Wild West often used caves as hideouts to evade capture by the law.