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underworld

un·der·world [ úndər wùrld ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. criminal society: the part of society that lives by crime ( often used before a noun )
an underworld shooting

2. abode of dead: in classical mythology, the place beneath the ground where the souls of the dead go

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