the underworld
noun
1
: the world of crime and criminals
2
: the place where dead people go in Greek myths
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The death of a pharmaceutical company chairman unleashes a wave of chaos and power struggles in the underworld.
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Sara Merican, Deadline, 13 May 2025
The sketch series centers a group of characters who navigate workplace conundrums in the underworld.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 10 May 2025
In the stories of ancient Greece, to get to the underworld after death required a journey by boat over a river.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 May 2025
The film tells the story of a man who is spirited away to the underworld and held captive by a dead woman who prevents him from returning to his beloved in the land of the living.
—Jacob Bernstein, Air Mail, 29 Mar. 2025
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Sara Merican, Deadline, 13 May 2025
The sketch series centers a group of characters who navigate workplace conundrums in the underworld.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 10 May 2025
In the stories of ancient Greece, to get to the underworld after death required a journey by boat over a river.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 May 2025
The film tells the story of a man who is spirited away to the underworld and held captive by a dead woman who prevents him from returning to his beloved in the land of the living.
—Jacob Bernstein, Air Mail, 29 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the underworld
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“The underworld.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20underworld. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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