grow-opn.
/ˈɡrəʊɒp/, U.S. /ˈɡroʊˌɑp/, Canadian English /ˈɡroːˌɒp/ colloquial (chiefly Canadian).
A marijuana-growing enterprise or facility; = grow operation n. at grow v. Additions.
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1997 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times 5 Mar. (City & State ed.) b8/5 The indoor growing operations..are called ‘Grow-Ops’ by Lt. Bill Queen of the Pinellas sheriff's narcotics unit.
2001 L. R. Wright Menace ii. 17 There was a grow-op going on right next door to you.
2013 Winnipeg Free Press (Weekend ed.) 26 Jan. a13/4 Grow-ops can also have cooling systems to reduce heat emanating from the house.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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