Definition of tenderloin

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ten·der·loin    (tndr-loin) KEY 

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.

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