underworld
noun
un·der·world
ˈən-dər-ˌwərld 
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Examples of underworld in a Sentence
a magazine article taking an insightful look at the underworld inhabited by street people
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Even people further removed from the case have bizarre connections to the entertainment underworld.
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Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 9 Apr. 2024
They were probably attracted to the island’s majestic underworld.
—Carina Del Valle Schorske, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
Li played Yeoh's youngest son Bruce, who had been shielded by his mother from his family's ties to the criminal underworld in their life in Los Angeles.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 5 Mar. 2024
Moreover, many unsavory characters from Britain’s criminal underworld want a piece of the operation.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2024
The ubiquity of firearms as the weapon of choice in the criminal underworld has contributed to a leveling of the playing field for the sexes.
—Deborah Bonello, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
Together, Helen and Sam set off on a mission to investigate who killed Jason and why, leading them to uncover a vast, interconnected conspiracy linking the murky London underworld to a looming geopolitical crisis.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Mar. 2024
While the cybercrime underworld is littered with ransomware strains, Lockbit has been the most prolific in recent years, in part because its developers offer it to practically any would-be cybercriminal, said Allan Liska, a ransomware analyst at the cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
—Kevin Collier, NBC News, 20 Feb. 2024
According to later comments by Thunder Bay police, Lamont and Voss were veterans of the drug underworld in Thunder Bay, a city of roughly 100,000 that has routinely endured Canada’s highest rates of homicide, particularly involving Indigenous peoples.
—Jordan Michael Smith, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 9 Apr. 2024
They were probably attracted to the island’s majestic underworld.
—Carina Del Valle Schorske, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
Li played Yeoh's youngest son Bruce, who had been shielded by his mother from his family's ties to the criminal underworld in their life in Los Angeles.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 5 Mar. 2024
Moreover, many unsavory characters from Britain’s criminal underworld want a piece of the operation.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2024
The ubiquity of firearms as the weapon of choice in the criminal underworld has contributed to a leveling of the playing field for the sexes.
—Deborah Bonello, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
Together, Helen and Sam set off on a mission to investigate who killed Jason and why, leading them to uncover a vast, interconnected conspiracy linking the murky London underworld to a looming geopolitical crisis.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Mar. 2024
While the cybercrime underworld is littered with ransomware strains, Lockbit has been the most prolific in recent years, in part because its developers offer it to practically any would-be cybercriminal, said Allan Liska, a ransomware analyst at the cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
—Kevin Collier, NBC News, 20 Feb. 2024
According to later comments by Thunder Bay police, Lamont and Voss were veterans of the drug underworld in Thunder Bay, a city of roughly 100,000 that has routinely endured Canada’s highest rates of homicide, particularly involving Indigenous peoples.
—Jordan Michael Smith, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 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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