Usually means: Conflict over territorial or control.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. turf war: Merriam-Webster
  2. turf war: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. turf war: Collins English Dictionary
  4. turf war: Vocabulary.com
  5. turf war: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. turf war: Wiktionary
  7. turf war: Dictionary.com
  8. Turf War (Banksy), Turf War (The Office), Turf War, Turf war: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. turf war: Rhymezone
  10. turf war: FreeDictionary.org
  11. turf war: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. turf war: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. turf war: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See turf_wars as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (turf war)

noun:  A dispute over territory between rival gangs.
noun:  (idiomatic) A fight or confrontation between two divisions or parties for access to resources or capital.

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