Tenderloin

Definitions

1. A neighborhood of varying extent in midtown Manhattan, New York known for illicit entertainment and associated police corruption.
   historical
2. The tenderest part of a loin of meat, especially of pork or beef.
   countable, uncountable
3. A similar neighborhood in San Francisco, California.
4. A district of a city where corruption is common, often because the district is devoted to questionable businesses (peep shows, etc) which are easy for police to blackmail and extort.
   US, countable, dated, slang, uncountable
5. A similar neighborhood in Seattle, Washington.

Equivalents

Examples

“She had butted their way out of the Tenderloin district into a spacious uptown apartment.”

“The Tenderloin, a neighbourhood just south-west of touristy Union Square, is home to some 35,000 people in fewer than 50 cramped blocks. Drugs and destitution are out in the open⟳.”

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