underworld
noun
un·der·world
ˈən-dər-ˌwərld 
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a magazine article taking an insightful look at the underworld inhabited by street people
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But soon, darkness descends on them as well: they are faced with the city’s criminal underworld.
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Marta Balaga, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
Advertisement According to a report released over the weekend by Taiwan’s National Security Bureau, Chinese agents have sought to use the Taiwanese underworld to channel funds to those with information to sell.
—Christopher Bodeen, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
This underworld of extremes has given us some of the most impressive creatures ever discovered—some hauntingly beautiful, others delightfully bizarre.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Colin Farrell plays the Penguin, whose real name is Oz Cobb, and who is struggling to rise to power in the fictional city's criminal underworld.
—Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
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Marta Balaga, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
Advertisement According to a report released over the weekend by Taiwan’s National Security Bureau, Chinese agents have sought to use the Taiwanese underworld to channel funds to those with information to sell.
—Christopher Bodeen, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
This underworld of extremes has given us some of the most impressive creatures ever discovered—some hauntingly beautiful, others delightfully bizarre.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Colin Farrell plays the Penguin, whose real name is Oz Cobb, and who is struggling to rise to power in the fictional city's criminal underworld.
—Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
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underworld
noun
un·der·world
ˈən-dər-ˌwərld
1
: the place of the souls of the dead
2
: the side of the earth opposite to one
3
: the world of organized crime
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