Underworld
noun
The world of criminals or organized crime.
He was known to have contacts in the underworld.
Often appears as...
- criminal underworld
- underworld activities
noun
In mythology, it is a place where the souls of the dead exist.
In Greek mythology, Hades ruled the underworld.
Often appears as...
- ruler of the underworld
- journey to the underworld
Usage tips
Academic
noun
The world of criminals or organized crime.
He was known to have contacts in the underworld.
Often appears as...
- criminal underworld
- underworld activities
noun
In mythology, it is a place where the souls of the dead exist.
In Greek mythology, Hades ruled the underworld.
Often appears as...
- ruler of the underworld
- journey to the underworld
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Criminal Context
Used to talk about crime, especially when involving organized groups like the mafia.
He wrote a book on the New York underworld.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Underworld' often has a dark, dangerous feel, depicting a hidden criminal society.
The film noir explored the city's seedy underworld.
Pro Tip 3/3Hidden Operations
Refers to secret operations, not visible to law enforcement or the public.
Undercover agents infiltrate the underworld to gather intelligence.
Pro Tip 1/3Criminal Context
Used to talk about crime, especially when involving organized groups like the mafia.
He wrote a book on the New York underworld.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Underworld' often has a dark, dangerous feel, depicting a hidden criminal society.
The film noir explored the city's seedy underworld.
Pro Tip 3/3Hidden Operations
Refers to secret operations, not visible to law enforcement or the public.
Undercover agents infiltrate the underworld to gather intelligence.
Pro Tip 1/3Criminal Context
Used to talk about crime, especially when involving organized groups like the mafia.
He wrote a book on the New York underworld.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Underworld' often has a dark, dangerous feel, depicting a hidden criminal society.
The film noir explored the city's seedy underworld.
Pro Tip 3/3Hidden Operations
Refers to secret operations, not visible to law enforcement or the public.
Undercover agents infiltrate the underworld to gather intelligence.
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Video examples
A journey through the...
There's a cave where all these animal-headed creatures travel between two worlds. They go from the representational world, to this analog-mesh underworld, where they're hiding. This is where the animal-headed creatures are by the lighthouse, and they're all about to commit mass suicide into the ocean. The ocean is made up of thousands of elements.
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The tragic myth of...
Orpheus was overcome with a grief the human world could not contain, and so he decided he would journey to the land of the dead, a place from which no living creature had ever returned, to rescue his beloved. When Orpheus reached the gates of the underworld, he began to strum his lyre.
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The Egyptian Book of the...
The goal of the two-month process is to preserve Ani's body as an ideal form with which his spirit can eventually reunite. But first, that spirit must pass through the duat, or underworld. This is a realm of vast caverns,
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The twins who tricked...
ran back and forth playing ball. One day, their vigorous game disturbed the lords of the underworld, who challenged the twins to a match. But when the brothers arrived, the lords trapped and killed them,
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The Maya myth of the...
one of the hero twins known to all for having vanquished the lords of the underworld. A new race of humans was created, made from maize. This state of balance was not to last, however.
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Why I think inside the...
spitting clouds out of a Ganesh like trunk and her tail undulates through an analog mesh underworld catching on fire at the back of the volcano and terminating at a cycloptic
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Powerful Eagle Hunts...
high speed motors it can blend into the underworld or flash across the open it's also fitted with an onboard 360 camera to capture all of the action okay she's
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Can you solve the riddle...
Maybe the fates got clumsy. Maybe Poseidon had one of his angry days. However it happened, the underworld is overcrowded,
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Cuba's Animal Underworld...
there's yet another creature that roams cuba's underworld it emerges mostly at night and stays
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Hangout in an Ancient...
let me take you the underworld waiters
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A journey through the...
There's a cave where all these animal-headed creatures travel between two worlds. They go from the representational world, to this analog-mesh underworld, where they're hiding. This is where the animal-headed creatures are by the lighthouse, and they're all about to commit mass suicide into the ocean. The ocean is made up of thousands of elements.
Video examples
The tragic myth of...
Orpheus was overcome with a grief the human world could not contain, and so he decided he would journey to the land of the dead, a place from which no living creature had ever returned, to rescue his beloved. When Orpheus reached the gates of the underworld, he began to strum his lyre.
Video examples
The Egyptian Book of the...
The goal of the two-month process is to preserve Ani's body as an ideal form with which his spirit can eventually reunite. But first, that spirit must pass through the duat, or underworld. This is a realm of vast caverns,
Video examples
The twins who tricked...
ran back and forth playing ball. One day, their vigorous game disturbed the lords of the underworld, who challenged the twins to a match. But when the brothers arrived, the lords trapped and killed them,
Video examples
The Maya myth of the...
one of the hero twins known to all for having vanquished the lords of the underworld. A new race of humans was created, made from maize. This state of balance was not to last, however.
Video examples
Why I think inside the...
spitting clouds out of a Ganesh like trunk and her tail undulates through an analog mesh underworld catching on fire at the back of the volcano and terminating at a cycloptic
Video examples
Powerful Eagle Hunts...
high speed motors it can blend into the underworld or flash across the open it's also fitted with an onboard 360 camera to capture all of the action okay she's
Video examples
Can you solve the riddle...
Maybe the fates got clumsy. Maybe Poseidon had one of his angry days. However it happened, the underworld is overcrowded,
Video examples
Cuba's Animal Underworld...
there's yet another creature that roams cuba's underworld it emerges mostly at night and stays
Video examples
Hangout in an Ancient...
let me take you the underworld waiters
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Quote examples
James Patterson
American Author
The vampire underworld is much larger than most people could imagine. It exists in all the cities mentioned in the book, but also in many, many more. Teenagers, especially, seem to like to act out vampire fantasies.
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Supriya Pathak
Everyone is making the same kind of shows, about underworld and things like that. So I am hoping somebody breaks this trend, else we will again enter the same grind.
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Susie Dent
English Scientist
Booze' was once a popular term in the slang or 'cant' of the criminal underworld, which may explain its rebellious overtones today.
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Ranjeet
Indian Actor
No one knows the future. I may attend someone's party today who may become an underworld don tomorrow, so how can I be blamed?
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Susan Burton
American Activist
I got caught back up in the underworld because the upperworld really doesn't have a place for people with criminal histories.
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Ram Gopal Varma
Indian Director
It's understandably obvious, when I was making 'Company,' of the underworld genre, people would compare it to 'Satya.
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James Ellroy
American Writer
I don't know anybody in the underworld. I make this stuff up. I don't know any criminals.
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Mahesh Manjrekar
Indian Actor
People feel I only make films on underworld, but that's not true.
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Don Marquis
American Poet
It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.
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Mariana van Zeller
I've always been attracted to the underworld.
Quote examples
James Patterson
American Author
The vampire underworld is much larger than most people could imagine. It exists in all the cities mentioned in the book, but also in many, many more. Teenagers, especially, seem to like to act out vampire fantasies.
Quote examples
Supriya Pathak
Everyone is making the same kind of shows, about underworld and things like that. So I am hoping somebody breaks this trend, else we will again enter the same grind.
Quote examples
Susie Dent
English Scientist
Booze' was once a popular term in the slang or 'cant' of the criminal underworld, which may explain its rebellious overtones today.
Quote examples
Ranjeet
Indian Actor
No one knows the future. I may attend someone's party today who may become an underworld don tomorrow, so how can I be blamed?
Quote examples
Susan Burton
American Activist
I got caught back up in the underworld because the upperworld really doesn't have a place for people with criminal histories.
Quote examples
Ram Gopal Varma
Indian Director
It's understandably obvious, when I was making 'Company,' of the underworld genre, people would compare it to 'Satya.
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James Ellroy
American Writer
I don't know anybody in the underworld. I make this stuff up. I don't know any criminals.
Quote examples
Mahesh Manjrekar
Indian Actor
People feel I only make films on underworld, but that's not true.
Quote examples
Don Marquis
American Poet
It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.
Quote examples
Mariana van Zeller
I've always been attracted to the underworld.
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