safe house
noun
: a place where one may engage in secret activities or take refuge
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Officials eventually learned al-Zawahri was also at the Kabul safe house. 
Matthew Lee, Nomaan Merchant And Aamer Madhani, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Aug. 2022 Officials eventually learned al-Zawahri was also at the Kabul safe house. Matthew Lee, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2022 The official said that the Taliban sought to cover up al-Zawahiri's presence at his safe house after the strike. Bytal Axelrod, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2022 The plan is to get Gus to his safe house as fast as possible, and to trick Lalo into thinking that Gus is alone. Andy Meek, BGR, 24 May 2022 The first time, in the 1990s, the fatwa was still very much in force, so I was led to a safe house in Los Angeles, which turned out to be the home of a mutual acquaintance of Rushdie’s and mine. Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2022 Also Friday, hundreds of Afghans – apparently organized by the Taliban – rallied in several provinces, denouncing the U.S. drone strike last Sunday that killed Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri on the balcony of a Kabul safe house. Rahim Faiez, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Aug. 2022 Zawahiri was, after all, standing on the balcony of a safe house in an upscale neighborhood in Kabul, the Afghan capital which U.S. forces had chaotically vacated last year in a humiliation that will haunt Biden’s legacy for years to come. Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2022 Two Hellfire missiles were fired while al-Zawahri was on the balcony of the safe house, a senior administration official said. Phil Helsel, NBC News, 2 Aug. 2022 See More
Matthew Lee, Nomaan Merchant And Aamer Madhani, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Aug. 2022 Officials eventually learned al-Zawahri was also at the Kabul safe house. Matthew Lee, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2022 The official said that the Taliban sought to cover up al-Zawahiri's presence at his safe house after the strike. Bytal Axelrod, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2022 The plan is to get Gus to his safe house as fast as possible, and to trick Lalo into thinking that Gus is alone. Andy Meek, BGR, 24 May 2022 The first time, in the 1990s, the fatwa was still very much in force, so I was led to a safe house in Los Angeles, which turned out to be the home of a mutual acquaintance of Rushdie’s and mine. Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2022 Also Friday, hundreds of Afghans – apparently organized by the Taliban – rallied in several provinces, denouncing the U.S. drone strike last Sunday that killed Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri on the balcony of a Kabul safe house. Rahim Faiez, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Aug. 2022 Zawahiri was, after all, standing on the balcony of a safe house in an upscale neighborhood in Kabul, the Afghan capital which U.S. forces had chaotically vacated last year in a humiliation that will haunt Biden’s legacy for years to come. Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2022 Two Hellfire missiles were fired while al-Zawahri was on the balcony of the safe house, a senior administration official said. Phil Helsel, NBC News, 2 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1928, in the meaning defined above