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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 force says Houston was supplying Hardy's assassination kits to members of the criminal underworld.

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His status in the underworld earned him the moniker "the Sultan".

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The killings of two senior figures from the Scottish underworld in a bar in a foreign country is unprecedented.

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It is believed he was tempted into the country's drugs underworld while playing for PTT Rayong, a club that folded in the same year.

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At one degree, you were just shy of being born in Scorpio season, an energy echoed in the placement of your Venus in the eighth house of the underworld, traditionally associated with the scorpion.

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