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. [Blacks Law 8th]