<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>The tender meat of the muscle running through the sirloin and terminating before the ribs (in beef or pork).</li><li>A cut of beef lying between the sirloin and ribs.</li><li>(Formerly) A district in New York City noted for corruption and vice, so called because police there could eat well from their bribes.</li><li>A similar district in any U.S. city.</li></ul>