TURF

• (noun) range of jurisdiction or influence

  "a bureaucracy...chiefly concerned with turf...and protecting the retirement system"

• (noun) the territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own

• (noun) surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots

  synonyms : greensward , sod , sward

• (verb) cover (the ground) with a surface layer of grass or grass roots

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