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词汇 grow-op
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Definition of grow-op in English:

grow-op

noun
Canadian informal
  • An enterprise or facility engaged in growing and selling cannabis.

    police seized more than $2 million in marijuana after an outdoor grow-op was discovered
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It tells the true story of a retiring couple who rent out their farmhouse, only to discover their tenant has turned it into a marijuana grow-op.
    • B.C. woman, 66, caught helping harvest marijuana in another senior's grow-op gets conditional sentence
    • Police raided his alleged grow-op last June and arrested 13 people.
    • A transformer that powered up lights for the grow-op touched the floor, igniting the fire.
    • In my native British Columbia the police use helicopters to search for indoor grow ops using infrared/thermal imagery.
    • Victoria police say they found a large-scale grow-op in a vacant business on Government Street near Bay Street.
    • In late June, a police bust at a small scale grow op on the same block of Dunbar Street yielded several pounds of marijuana.
    • The city's involvement with the grow-op began last March, when firefighters attempted to do a routine inspection at the building.
    • The issue is public concern over indoor grow ops in residential neighbourhoods.
    • West Kelowna fire crews responded to a routine fire report last night and uncovered a grow op in the process.

Origin

1990s: short for grow operation.

Definition of grow-op in US English:

grow-op

noun
Canadian informal
  • An enterprise or facility engaged in growing and selling marijuana.

    police seized more than $2 million in marijuana after an outdoor grow-op was discovered
    Example sentencesExamples
    • B.C. woman, 66, caught helping harvest marijuana in another senior's grow-op gets conditional sentence
    • Police raided his alleged grow-op last June and arrested 13 people.
    • It tells the true story of a retiring couple who rent out their farmhouse, only to discover their tenant has turned it into a marijuana grow-op.
    • A transformer that powered up lights for the grow-op touched the floor, igniting the fire.
    • In my native British Columbia the police use helicopters to search for indoor grow ops using infrared/thermal imagery.
    • The city's involvement with the grow-op began last March, when firefighters attempted to do a routine inspection at the building.
    • West Kelowna fire crews responded to a routine fire report last night and uncovered a grow op in the process.
    • The issue is public concern over indoor grow ops in residential neighbourhoods.
    • In late June, a police bust at a small scale grow op on the same block of Dunbar Street yielded several pounds of marijuana.
    • Victoria police say they found a large-scale grow-op in a vacant business on Government Street near Bay Street.

Origin

1990s: short for grow operation.

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