grow-op
noun informal, chiefly Canadian
An enterprise or facility engaged in growing and selling cannabis: police seized more than $2 million in marijuana after an outdoor grow-op was discovered...
- In my native British Columbia the police use helicopters to search for indoor grow ops using infrared/thermal imagery.
- The issue is public concern over indoor grow ops in residential neighbourhoods.
- Victoria police say they found a large-scale grow-op in a vacant business on Government Street near Bay Street.
Origin
1990s: short for grow operation.