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stash house

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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