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- noun A
secure location, known to only a few trusted people, suitable for hiding witnesses, agents or other persons perceived as being in danger.
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Examples
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The men went in by helicopter to raid this al Qaeda safehouse, which is about eight to 10 kilometers south of the city of Samarra, where we are now.
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This is the result of that precision bombing of that so - called safehouse near Baquba, where Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and at least seven of his associates were having a meeting based on intelligence derived from inside his organization, perhaps.
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BLITZER: The prime minister, Iyad Allawi, today authorized the U. S.-led military force to go after what's being described as a safehouse of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian terrorist operating in Iraq in Fallujah.
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A safehouse is a home and sometimes it's the only place you can run to.
The 9th Directive Hall, Adam 1966
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According to U.S. documents he was arrested at a "safehouse" in Pakistan.
Gitmo Detainees Collecting Food Donations For Haiti, Says Lawyer 2010
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It gave her name and her current 'safehouse' address, and she WAS very concerned about that.
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Those who believe that Kissinger at times may have offered more concessions than necessary to the Chinese will probably find their strongest support in the conversation that Kissinger held with China's UN permanent representative Huang Hua, apparently at a CIA "safehouse" on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, on December 10, 1971. [
Kissinger & the Emperor Spence, Jonathan D. 1999
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He's still there, chilling in an ISI safehouse between broadcasts, whenever the Yanks need him to throw a scare.
Afghanistan: Our mandate for action is finally exhausted | Observer editorial 2011
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The Pablo Escobar tour includes a trip to this safehouse where he was gunned down.
In Medellín, Notorious Figure Becomes Tourist Attraction Dan Molinski 2011
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Will is surprisingly ruthless in his determination to get her to leave the safehouse and search for her anniversary DVD, unless I misread his intentions during the telephone conversation between the pair.
Rubicon: episode 12 2011
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