secluded

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She says the two Glasgow men admitted growing the plants in a secluded area of the forest.

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  1. adjective Removed or remote from others; solitary.
  2. adjective Screened from view; sequestered.

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  • At all events he invited the secluded, that is the expelled, members of the old Long Parliament to take their seats along with the others, and in a formal declaration addressed to Parliament, dated the 21st of February 1660, he counselled it among other things to dissolve legally “in order to make way for a succession of Parliaments.” In a word, Monk declared for a Free Parliament. —  Andrew Marvell
  • It was relatively secluded, although we saw a man from a nearby house taking some photos of our shenanigans. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • The first rape happened on June 30 in O'Boyle Park, where authorities say Maddox dragged a woman to a secluded area, raped her and choked her into unconsciousness.
  • A group of volunteers has searched a secluded area near the airport where Anthony may have gone after her daughter's disappearance, but so far there has been no sign of the missing child. —  FOXNews.com
  • But remote, secluded, autocratic Burma, known today as Myanmar? —  Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense
 

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