as in lair
a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others
police found the stolen jewels under the floorboards in the thief's hideout, a cabin deep in the woods
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Recent Examples of hideout
Since the 1960s, the Cuban dictatorship has supplied weapons, training and safe hideouts to rebel groups causing chaos in Latin America.
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Markus Wiechel, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
Back at the hideout, players even have a friendly rooster, and fruit-picking topside is a common activity.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 10 Dec. 2025
Roadblocks were mounted and expected hideouts of assailants in forested areas were monitored.
—Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025
While executing a search warrant at the Bronx hideout, police recovered 200 new phones and more than $100,000 worth of other goods, according to the district attorney's office.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 28 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hideout
Noun
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Outside of his lair, the world looks barren and deserted, save for a few glowing red rifts in the ground where the world is connected to the Upside Down.—
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Two young women are trapped in the lair of the Mangittatuarjuk, the Gnawer of Rocks.—
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In some species, ants restructure their nests to slow the transmission of a lethal fungus and in others, ant queens eat infected brood to prevent the spread of disease and recover nutrients.—
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Two recent fires at PG&E substations cut power to thousands, drew condemnation from members of Congress, and spotlighted a year full of safety and maintenance violations at the utility giant’s substations throughout the region, from oil leaks to broken cooling fans and birds’ nests in equipment.—
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The hominin bones and animal remains make up an assemblage of fossils that appear to come from the den of a carnivore, perhaps a hyena.—
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The sloth bear births, which mark the first at the zoo since 2013, took place in an off-exhibit den that’s part of the zoo’s Asia Trail exhibit.—
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Thanks to the geography of these special hideaways, the vibrant blue water of the Mediterranean Sea is typically quite calm, making for an idyllic place to take a dip or even snorkel.—
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One snowmobile magnet is Spearfish Canyon Lodge, a classic log hideaway on the Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway, where guests dine on dishes like butternut squash ravioli but still park sleds outside their rooms.—
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“Hideout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hideout. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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