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 Definitions of underworld  [ˈʌn dərˌwɜrld]  

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Definition of 'underworld' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) underworld
the criminal element of human society.

2.  underworld
(in the religious beliefs of various cultures, esp. the ancient Greeks and Romans) a realm below the surface of the earth in which the spirits of the dead reside.

3.  underworld
Archaic. the earth.

Etymology:  (1600–10)

Definition of 'underworld' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) underworld
the criminal class

2. (noun) Hell, Hades, infernal region, netherworld, Scheol, underworld
(religion) the world of the dead
"No one goes to Hades with all his immense wealth"-Theognis


Definition of 'underworld' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) underworld
the world of criminals and criminal activity
the criminal underworld


Definition of 'underworld' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) underworld
the lower of inferior world; the world which is under the heavens; the earth

2. (noun) underworld
the mythological place of departed souls; Hades

3. (noun) underworld
the portion of the world which is below the horizon; the opposite side of the world; the antipodes

4. (noun) underworld
the inferior part of mankind


Translation of 'underworld' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the part of the population that gets its living from crime etc
A member of the underworld told the police where the murderer was hiding.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: onderwêreld Arabic flag Arabic: العالَم السُّفْلي، عالَم Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: светът на престъпността
Brazilian flag Brazilian: submundo Czech flag Czech: podsvětí German flag German: die Unterwelt
Danish flag Danish: underverden Greek flag Greek: υπόκοσμος Spanish flag Spanish: hampa, bajos fondos
Estonian flag Estonian: allmaailm Farsi flag Farsi: دنیای تبهکاران Finnish flag Finnish: alamaailma
French flag French: pégre Hebrew flag Hebrew: הָעוֹלָם הַתַחתוֹן Hindi flag Hindi: अपराधी-वर्ग
Croatian flag Croatian: podzemlje Hungarian flag Hungarian: alvilág Indonesian flag Indonesian: dunia kejahatan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: undirheimar Italian flag Italian: malavita Japanese flag Japanese: 暗黒街
Korean flag Korean: 암흑가 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: nusikaltėlių pasaulis Latvian flag Latvian: kriminālā pasaule
Malay flag Malay: dunia penjenayahan Dutch flag Dutch: onderwereld Norwegian flag Norwegian: underverden
Polish flag Polish: świat przestępczy Persian flag Persian: دنیای تبهکاران Pashto flag Pashto: هغه دنيا، اّخر: په لويو ښ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: submundo Romanian flag Romanian: lumea interlopă Russian flag Russian: преступный мир
Slovak flag Slovak: podsvetie Slovenian flag Slovenian: podzemlje Serbian flag Serbian: podzemlje
Swedish flag Swedish: undre värld Thai flag Thai: สังคมของพวกนอกกฎหมาย Turkish flag Turkish: yeraltı dünyası
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 黑社會 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: організована злочинність Urdu flag Urdu: مافيا، غنڈہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: xã hội đen Chinese flag Chinese: 黑社会

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