underworld: Meaning and Definition of
un•der•world
Pronunciation: (un'dur-wûrld"), [key]
— n.
- the criminal element of human society.
- the imagined abode of departed souls or spirits; Hades.
- a region below the surface, as of the earth or a body of water.
- the opposite side of the earth; the antipodes.
- the earth.
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