underworld
noun/ˈʌndəwɜːld/
/ˈʌndərwɜːrld/
[singular]- the people and activities involved in crime in a particular place
- the criminal underworld
- the Glasgow underworld
- the dark underworld of drug abuse and petty crime
- He ran an import-export business and had underworld contacts in Japan.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dark
- murky
- seedy
- …
- boss
- figure
- contact
- …
- in the… underworld
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- the underworld(in myths and legends, for example those of ancient Greece) the place under the earth where people are believed to go when they die
- The three-headed dog Cerberus guarded the entrance to the underworld.
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