safe house

Example Sentences

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Like John le Carré, he creates his own jargon: safe houses are “coops,” spycraft is “artifice,” freelance agents are “units” and deep-cover moles are “termites.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Hakan, not his real name, is now living in a safe house in north-east England but was enslaved for a decade, experiencing regular beatings and abuse.

From BBC

The victim was unharmed but has now been moved to a safe house.

From BBC

She also tweeted that “the suspect escaped into the Antifa safe house.”

From Los Angeles Times

Social services, such as safe houses for abused women and their children, are often scarce or nonexistent in rural areas.

From Salon