turf

verb

cover (the ground) with a surface layer of grass or grass roots
草または草の根での表面層で覆う（地面）

noun

range of jurisdiction or influence
支配または影響が及ぶ範囲
- a bureaucracy...chiefly concerned with turf...and protecting the retirement system
  官僚主義は…主になわばり争いにかかわり…天下りを温存する
the territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own
少年のギャングが自分たちのものであると主張する領域
surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots
草と草の根が繁茂した地面の表層

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