turf war

How To Use turf war In A Sentence

• It's widely acknowledged that the killings are the result of a drug related turf war.
• And if the geese and the llamas made the banks of the Bow their home each spring, who would win the turf war, the spitters or the hissers?
• The report tells midwives and doctors to end the culture clashes and turf wars that put safety at risk. Times, Sunday Times
• The estate is at the centre of a bitter turf war between rival drug gangs.
• The clans of Tokyo's underworld have moved beyond certain rituals of an earlier era, even though they cling to a classic thuggery that involves crime families, turf wars and loyalty that's blind until it turns into clear-sighted treachery. 'Shame': Tracking The Travails of Lost Souls
• The estate is at the centre of a bitter turf war between rival drug gangs.
• Now the gangs are back fighting turf wars and engaging in gun battles with police. Times, Sunday Times
• Tony Blair will chair the first meeting of the cabinet committee on antisocial behaviour to end a turf war between ministers who are battling for control of the "yob" agenda. Archive 2005-05-01
• Will internal politics and turf wars sabotage the venture?
• Or because we tend to think of the politicians and the presidency as occupying a parallel world - Mafia dons and capos dispatching one another in a turf war.