Definition of Safe house

1. Noun. A house used as a hiding place or refuge by members of certain organizations.

Generic synonyms: House, Asylum, Refuge, Sanctuary

Definition of Safe house

1. Noun. A secure location, suitable for hiding witnesses, agents or other persons perceived as being in danger. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Safe House

safe-deposit
safe-deposit box
safe-guard
safe-guarded
safe-guarding
safe-guards
safe-keeping
safe and sound
safe area
safe as houses
safe conduct
safe harbor
safe harbors
safe haven
safe havens
safe house
safe houses
safe in the knowledge
safe mode
safe pair of hands
safe period
safe room
safe seat
safe seats
safebox
safeboxes
safebreaker
safebreakers
safebreaking

Literary usage of Safe house

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Science of Everyday Life: Projects for Junior High Schools by Edgar Flandreau Van Buskirk, Edith Lillian Smith (1919)
"A safe house. What are the dangers in a house? First and most important is fire. The hazards of the house have increased in modern times, because of the use ..."

2. The Science of Everday Life by Edgar Flandreau Van Buskirk, Edith Lillian Smith (1919)
"A safe house. What are the dangers in a house? First and most important is fire. The hazards of the house have increased in modern times, because of the use ..."

3. Fire Safety Education Resource Directory edited by Barry Leonard (1998)
"... Section of Maternal Child and Family Health Call— 274-7626 Beeping Ben's Fire safe house Everybody loves Beeping Ben, the talking smoke detector, ..."

4. When the Ak-47s Fall Silent: Revolutionaries, Guerrillas, and the Dangers of by Timothy Charles Brown (2000)
"She was actually Noel Guerrero's Honduran mother-in-law, and it was her Comayaguela, Honduras, home that had served as his group's safe house prior to the ..."

5. Adventures During a Journey Overland to India: By Way of Egypt, Syria, and by Thomas Skinner (1836)
"I had from the beginning but little faith in the consul's safe house, and in good earnest joined the chase: nobody paused to look back till close to the ..."

6. The Theatre of Violence: Narratives of Protagonists in the South African by Don Foster, Paul Haupt, Maresa de Beer (2005)
"Quite quickly, in the next couple of days, in quite a rush, he came with a car and I was transported to an ANC safe house, until the next orders. ..."

7. Changing the Fourth Estate: Essays on South African Journalism by Adrian Hadland (2005)
"... I took a taxi back to Ressano Garcia, where I made new contacts and was taken to a safe house in the village along with four other men. ..."

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