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underworld

[ uhn-der-wurld ]

noun

  1. the criminal element of human society.
  2. the imagined abode of departed souls or spirits; Hades.
  3. a region below the surface, as of the earth or a body of water.
  4. the opposite side of the earth; the antipodes.
  5. Archaic. the earth.


underworld

/ ˈʌԻəˌɜː /

noun

    1. criminals and their associates considered collectively
    2. ( as modifier )

      underworld connections

  1. the regions below the earth's surface regarded as the abode of the dead; Hades
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of underworld1

First recorded in 1600–10; under- + world
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The second installment in the Dionne family saga, which is a kind of origin story in which we see how Babs came to run Little Canada’s underworld, is done.

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His death comes ten years after the disappearance of his younger brother, Robert Maldera, another mafia boss reportedly nicknamed "the madman" by members of Grenoble's criminal underworld.

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The embers of his professional dream still flickering in a footballing underworld.

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Blake: I have to believe Frank is some sort of shady underworld connection Rick met while doing “this and that.”

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Health and mass media minister Nalinda Jayatissa, who in December had pledged to crack down on such criminal activity, said on Wednesday that the government would "take the actions of organised underworld gangs seriously."

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