safe house

safe house. A residence where people live under protection, usu. in anonymity. • Safe houses are operated for a range of purposes, both legal and illegal. Shelters for abused spouses and runaway children are safe houses. Law-enforcement agencies keep safe houses for undercover operations and to protect witnesses who have been threatened. Lawbreakers use them to shield criminal activity such as drug manufacturing.

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