Safe House (Noun)
Meaning
A house used as a hiding place or refuge by members of certain organizations.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The fugitive headed to the embassy's safe house to avoid being arrested by local authorities.
- The secret service agents had set up a safe house for the protected witness to stay in until the trial was over.
- Activists used a local church as a temporary safe house for protesters fleeing from the tear gas and riot police.
- After receiving a threat from her former employer, she moved into a government-run safe house under an assumed identity.
- The spy network maintained a network of safe houses across the city, each with multiple exits and alarms for quick escapes if necessary.