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   underworld

   /ˈʌndəwəːld/

   noun

   • 1. the world of criminals or of organized crime: "a man reputed to be a godfather of the Glasgow underworld" Similar criminal worldworld of crimeorganized crimecriminalsgangstersinformal:ganglandmobmobsters
   • 2. the mythical abode of the dead, imagined as being under the earth. Similar the netherworldthe land/abode of the deadthe infernal regionsthe nether regionshellthe abyssthe abode of the damnedeternal damnationeternal punishmentperditionGehennaTophetAbaddonSheolHadesTartarusAcheronAvernusNiflheimthe other placeliterary:the pitthe shadesarchaic:the lower worldOpposite heavenparadise

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