The word "lair" is correct and usable in written English.
It is a noun that means a hiding place for a wild animal, or the home of an animal or person. It can also refer to an evil person's place of residence. For example: "The dragon was sleeping in its deep, dark lair in the depths of the mountain."
This scene – the acclaimed writer in his rock'n'roll lair discussing his latest work with a member of the international press – is doubtless one about which the young Knausgaard dreamed.
In 2011 the army was humiliated by the unilateral US special forces raid on the lair of former al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden and the persistence of supposedly clandestine strikes by US drones, the advanced unmanned aircraft Washington has refused to share with Pakistan.
Descending by lift into this cavern of disco balls and sweeping lights, where stars such as Frank Sinatra used to hang out, you can't help feeling you've arrived in the lair of an especially camp Bond villain.
In the 18th century, this area was a lair of Blackbeard, its many islands and caves affording ideal territory from which to ambush passing ships.
But Russians will probably decide they are better off with Mr Lukashenka confined to his lair.
But the market has also been pricing in two sources of uncertainty about the consortium's bid: whether Dutch regulators, expected to rule on September 17th, will nod the bid through; and whether the consortium itself still has the stomach to do a deal.In this section Another shoe to drop The bears' lair Unscrambling the eggs The profits puzzle Fundamentalism Three's company Selling out?
Increasingly, you are expected to call Erbil by its Kurdish name, Hawler (pronounced, roughly, "How-lair").
This is bringing regulators out of their lairs.
These lairs protect them and their young from the cold and make it harder for polar bears to spot them.
An important requirement for seals is thick snow cover in the spring, to dig lairs in.
Tempting though it is to imagine bankers cooking up wild schemes in their Wall Street lairs, innovation is often triggered by a client coming to a bank with a specific headache.
