tenderloin

(tendər lo̵in′)

noun

  1. the tenderest part of a loin of beef, pork, etc., located on either side of the backbone and consisting of the psoas muscle
  2. any urban district similar to the Tenderloin

former district in New York City, in which there was much graft and corruption: so called because regarded as a choice assignment for police seeking graft

See tenderloin in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. The tenderest part of a loin of beef, pork, or similar cut of meat.
  2. A city district notorious for vice and graft.

Origin:

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

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