den
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- noun
- /dɛn/
- NSFW
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escondite
- Because that place sounds like a den of iniquity if you ask me.
- drug den
- opium den
- gambling den
So I imagine this is what a drug den is like.
- So I imagine this is what a drug den is like.
- I've got a gaffe, young Frank and Jimmy, and it's a it's a it's a it's a den of thieves.
- Because that place sounds like a den of iniquity if you ask me.
- He just came back and now he's going to all these gambling dens in order to win these like spellbooks and stuff like that.
- That's, you know, if we go back in history, as you know, there were the opium dens throughout Asia.
- And then they, they find a book, right, A witch's den healers.
Examples
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The greatest evil is not now done in those sordid "dens of crime" that Dickens loved to paint.
Blog text (31) -
Notorious playboy, frequents opium dens.
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So I imagine this is what a drug den is like.
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...in gambling dens and bookie joints.
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Dens of vice and criminals' hangouts.
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If the slightest opportunity exists, they'll try to get you back to their dens.
Blog text (32) -
The Moorish baths constitute more discreet dens of prostitution.
Academic text (1990) -
The police finally shut down the drug den that had been operating in the abandoned warehouse.
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Everyone knew to avoid the alley where the illegal gambling dens were hidden.
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After weeks of investigation, officers located a notorious den that was known for harboring criminals.
Synonyms
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8.0
A place where criminals hide and plan crimes
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2.5
A secret place where nobody can find a person or thing
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4.0
A secret place where someone stays to avoid being found
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5.1
A private place where someone goes to be alone
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9.9
A place where people buy and smoke a strong illegal drug from the poppy plant
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9.1
A place where people often secretly do illegal or immoral things
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7.5
A small secret place to keep things safe or be alone
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7.9
A thick area of bushes where animals hide
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
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9.9
To confront a powerful person directly in their own place
Compounds
How Secret
Surface Forms
Etymology
Den comes from an old English word denn meaning an animal's 'lair', and people used the word for secret hideouts because those places are like an animal's private 'lair'. So a den can mean a secret or hidden place used as a hideout or for illegal activity.