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ground noun- the territory controlled or claimed by a youth gang US
- He in our ground now. By rules, his ass ours! — Jess Mowry, Way Past Cool, p. 45, 1992
- an area of operation or influence UK
In police use. - Putney station was my ground – we don’t call it “manor” or “patch”[.] — Duncan MacLaughlin, The Filth, p. 58, 2002
▶ back on the ground; on the ground freed from prison US- — Ralph de Sola, Crime Dictionary, p. 107, 1982
- — William K. Bentley and James M. Corbett, Prison Slang, p. 108, 1992
▶ on the ground in horse racing, said of a jockey serving a suspension US- — Tom Ainslie, Ainslie’s Complete Guide to Thoroughbred Racing, p. 335, 1976
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