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stash house
 n.— «Authorities say more than 50 people trafficked thousands of illegal immigrants through the town of about 700 holding them over in this motel known to cops as a stash house.» —“Bowie residents surprised at human smuggling arrests” by Lorraine Rivera KVOA-TV (Tucson, Arizona) Oct. 31, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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