tenderloin

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.

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

(TEN-duhr-loin)

noun
The part of a city notorious for vice and corruption.

Etymology
After a district in New York City known for vice, crime, corruption, extortion, graft, etc. It received its nickname from the choicest part of the meat, alluding to the luxurious diet of corrupt police members getting an easy income from bribes

Today, there are Tenderloin districts in other cities, particularly in San Francisco. Another metaphorical term with a similar connotation is "skid row" which has its origin in Seattle.

Usage
"Forbidden from working, they moved in to a seedy residential hotel in the Tenderloin district as they waited for their application to be approved." — Joe Mullin; Refugees' Work; The Mercury News (San Jose, California); Jul 10, 2005.

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Fillet of beef (especially in the USA) or pork.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - filet, mørbrad

Nederlands (Dutch)
varkenshaas

Français (French)
n. - (Culin) filet de b¯uf/de porc, quartier mal famé, quartier où règne la corruption

Deutsch (German)
n. - Lendenstück, Filet, (Slang) Verbrecherviertel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μαγειρ.) (βόειο ή χοιρινό) φιλέτο, ψαρονέφρι, μπον φιλέ

Italiano (Italian)
filetto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - filé (m) (de porco ou de boi)

Русский (Russian)
(кул.) вырезка лучшей части мясной туши, (разг.) злачное место

Español (Spanish)
n. - filete

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fläskkarré, filé (am.), glädje/förbrytarkvarter (sl.am.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
腰部嫩肉

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 腰部嫩肉

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 허리 부위의 연한 고기, 악덕 환락가

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - テンダーロイン

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حي في مدينه تشيع فيه الرذيله والجريمه, ألحي المستهتر, قطعه طريه من لحم الخاصرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מותנית (בשר המותן), בשר-אחוריים‬

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