as in underworld
a social sphere that exists outside of the mainstream a report on the demiworld of drug addiction

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Noun
  • Critics, among them Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein’s victims, have claimed Maxwell’s father held ties to the Mossad, arguing that Epstein was involved in a shadowy underworld connected to an intelligence apparatus.
    Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 22 July 2025
  • Pulp Fiction, about two hitmen — portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta — and how their exploits intersect with the lives of a cast of characters existing in the criminal underworld of Los Angeles, also stars Bruce Willis, Tim Roth, Christopher Walken and Harvey Keitel.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 20 July 2025
Noun
  • Longtime White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf fell into the same trap and his team is still trying to crawl out of the abyss.
    Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 4 July 2025
  • The continuity of memory did not measure the abyss between a toddler’s body and a woman’s.
    Rebecca Solnit May 29, Literary Hub, 29 May 2025
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“Demiworld.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demiworld. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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