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单词 safe house
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Definition of safe house in English:

safe house

noun
  • A house in a secret location, used by spies or criminals in hiding.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the later years, major state intelligence agencies had their safe houses to detain and question Tiger guerrilla suspects.
    • This follows the discovery of prototype devices during a raid on a safe house at an undisclosed location, the analyst said.
    • The US also reportedly fired tank shells into hotels being used as safe houses by Mahdi Army militiamen (the hotels usually house pilgrims to the shrines).
    • The Underground Railroad was a network of safe houses, churches and shelters instrumental in helping an estimated 30,000 slaves escape to free states and Canada during the 19th century.
    • The two-year scheme will see the creation of safe houses and is expected to create better intelligence on the criminals behind the trafficking.
    • She does say that he came under suspicion from time to time, used safe houses for his work, and had several pseudonyms.
    • She returned South to lead hundreds of slaves to freedom during the 1850s on the Underground Railroad, a network of safe houses and hiding places from the South to the North.
    • More Iraqi civilians are defying the insurgents' intimidation to give Iraqi forces tips on the locations of hidden roadside bombs, weapons caches and rebel safe houses.
    • The course included surveillance and photographing facilities, the establishment and use of safe houses, covert travel and writing secret reports.
    • He moves from safe house to safe house, swapping mobile phones and e-mail addresses every 48 to 72 hours.
    • In the immediate term, hiding Dutch politicians in safe houses to protect them from assassination is probably necessary.
    • Do not abandon partners, and, above all, do not allow the location of the safe house to fall into enemy hands.
    • Monk witnesses a man in a Chinese mob being murdered, and has to stay in a FBI safe house as a result.
    • There are shocking charges tonight that more than a dozen motel owners in Arizona have been turning their rooms into safe houses for illegal aliens.
    • Mexican troops and federal agents launched this daytime raid on drug gang safe houses over the weekend.
    • In desperation they flee their own country, and pay around £15,000 to the criminal gangs, to provide them with safe houses and forged documents to get them into the country.
    • The leaders are compelled to move daily from safe house to safe house to avoid being exterminated.
    • The detainee can be used to positively identify terrorists, show safe houses and weapons caches, or identify other activities that are of military value to the battalion.
    • Surface-to-air missile batteries and radar sites, armored units, governmental buildings, and safe houses were systematically taken out.
    • And as you've been seeing on the news, we have been targeting their hideouts, their safe houses, their meeting locations, weapons caches, and getting very good results.
    Synonyms
    refuge, sanctuary, shelter, safety, safe keeping, protection, security, immunity
 
 

Definition of safe house in US English:

safe house

nounˈsāf ˌhousˈseɪf ˌhaʊs
  • A house in a secret location, used by spies or criminals in hiding.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He moves from safe house to safe house, swapping mobile phones and e-mail addresses every 48 to 72 hours.
    • The two-year scheme will see the creation of safe houses and is expected to create better intelligence on the criminals behind the trafficking.
    • In desperation they flee their own country, and pay around £15,000 to the criminal gangs, to provide them with safe houses and forged documents to get them into the country.
    • The leaders are compelled to move daily from safe house to safe house to avoid being exterminated.
    • The US also reportedly fired tank shells into hotels being used as safe houses by Mahdi Army militiamen (the hotels usually house pilgrims to the shrines).
    • And as you've been seeing on the news, we have been targeting their hideouts, their safe houses, their meeting locations, weapons caches, and getting very good results.
    • Mexican troops and federal agents launched this daytime raid on drug gang safe houses over the weekend.
    • Do not abandon partners, and, above all, do not allow the location of the safe house to fall into enemy hands.
    • She returned South to lead hundreds of slaves to freedom during the 1850s on the Underground Railroad, a network of safe houses and hiding places from the South to the North.
    • She does say that he came under suspicion from time to time, used safe houses for his work, and had several pseudonyms.
    • The Underground Railroad was a network of safe houses, churches and shelters instrumental in helping an estimated 30,000 slaves escape to free states and Canada during the 19th century.
    • This follows the discovery of prototype devices during a raid on a safe house at an undisclosed location, the analyst said.
    • In the immediate term, hiding Dutch politicians in safe houses to protect them from assassination is probably necessary.
    • Surface-to-air missile batteries and radar sites, armored units, governmental buildings, and safe houses were systematically taken out.
    • Monk witnesses a man in a Chinese mob being murdered, and has to stay in a FBI safe house as a result.
    • In the later years, major state intelligence agencies had their safe houses to detain and question Tiger guerrilla suspects.
    • There are shocking charges tonight that more than a dozen motel owners in Arizona have been turning their rooms into safe houses for illegal aliens.
    • More Iraqi civilians are defying the insurgents' intimidation to give Iraqi forces tips on the locations of hidden roadside bombs, weapons caches and rebel safe houses.
    • The course included surveillance and photographing facilities, the establishment and use of safe houses, covert travel and writing secret reports.
    • The detainee can be used to positively identify terrorists, show safe houses and weapons caches, or identify other activities that are of military value to the battalion.
    Synonyms
    refuge, sanctuary, shelter, safety, safe keeping, protection, security, immunity
 
 
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