tenderloin

ten·der·loin

T0103600 (tĕn′dər-loin′)n.1. The tenderest part of a loin of beef, pork, or similar cut of meat.2. A city district notorious for vice and graft.

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[Sense 2, after the Tenderloin, an area of New York City (from the easy income it once afforded corrupt policemen).]

tenderloin

(ˈtɛndəˌlɔɪn) n1. (Cookery) a tender cut of pork or other meat from between the sirloin and ribs2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) US a district of a city that is particularly noted for vice and corruption[sense 2 from Tenderloin, former district of New York City, regarded as an easy source of bribes for a corrupt policeman]

ten•der•loin

(ˈtɛn dərˌlɔɪn)

n. 1. (in beef or pork) the tender meat of the muscle running through the sirloin and terminating before the ribs. 2. (cap.) a. (formerly) a district in New York City noted for corruption and vice: so called because police there could eat well from their bribes. b. a similar district in any U.S. city. [1820–30, Amer.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tenderloin - a city district known for its vice and high crime ratecombat zonecity district - a district of a town or city
	2.	tenderloin - the tender meat of the loin muscle on each side of the vertebral columnundercutcut of meat, cut - a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcassbeef tenderloin - beef loin musclepork tenderloin - pork loin muscle

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