underworld
neraka
definition
noun
It is suggested that an underworld crime figure planned to grab the mother and her child and to demand a six figure sum.
the world of criminals or of organized crime.
To gain entrance to this forbidden domain she threatened to break down the gates of the underworld , free the dead and devour the living.
the mythical abode of the dead, imagined as being under the earth.
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To gain entrance to this forbidden domain she threatened to break down the gates of the 'underworld' , free the dead and devour the living.
A number of journalists were attacked in 2003 as a result of their investigation into the criminal 'underworld' .
The last of the Titans, Typhon was the son of the earth and the 'underworld' .
I am a living breathing hormonal teenage girl though I would much rather prefer to be a living dead goddess of the 'underworld' with no emotions at all.
The spirit assumes the appearance of a dead man and goes down to the 'underworld' .
Orpheus retrieves Eurydice from the 'underworld' on the condition that he not look back at her shadow until both have emerged from the vale of Avernus.
His sentiments about modern life and the criminal 'underworld' reveal a pragmatic, yet easy going man, gradually helping to make his own vulnerability a point of concern.
Both were mighty queens in the 'underworld' where they cast light upon the dead in their darkness.
The book, which deals with the criminal 'underworld' , will be published next year, and has been described as a ‘thrilling literary debut’.
a man reputed to be a godfather of the Glasgow 'underworld'
Kidnapping, now seen as a dying business in the criminal 'underworld' , had its heyday in the 1980s when some of the country's richest businessmen were the subject of ransom demands.
She also guides Persephone to the 'underworld' and back twice a year and thus has a part to play in the seasons.
Pluto is the mythological ruler of the 'underworld' , the keeper of dark secrets.
In the city, corruption runs rampant, from the government offices to the gangland hangouts of 'underworld' figures.
Pluto, or Hades, rules the 'underworld' but even he was taken by the power of love and lust, for Proserpina.
Detectives hunting a gunman who executed a father-of-three in a gangland murder have appealed to the criminal 'underworld' to help nail the killer.
Gardaí have repeatedly raised concerns at the poor security measures taken by many legal gun owners and the extent to which these firearms end up in the criminal 'underworld' , to be used in shootings and murders.
In the famous sixth book of the Aeneid, Aeneas travels to the 'underworld' in search of his father, Anchises.
a prominent 'underworld' figure
Alice asked, craving more answers from this plethora of magical knowledge Clay seemed to possess about the 'underworld' and earth.
They have run the biggest drug businesses, which have been going for a long time, very successfully, in the criminal 'underworld' .
Too late they discover that he is an 'underworld' crime lord, and that crossing him results in an inevitable slow and painful death.
Once, however, she realized that she could choose for herself whether or not to continue her life in the criminal 'underworld' , she chose to get out.
Like other similar goddesses, she has her connection with the 'underworld' : in the Book of the Dead she is shown accompanying the soul to judgement and providing the deceased with food and drink.
Like Orpheus bringing Eurydice out of the 'underworld' , it seems the novelist cannot look directly at love without losing it.
During the last six millennia, the hero's journey to the 'underworld' of the dead has been a main part of epic storylines.
And I will be more powerful than any other on the face of the earth or in the 'underworld' .
The newspaper understands he was believed to be involved in hits and suspected of supplying ammunition and possibly firearms to the criminal 'underworld' .
Mr Williams praised the Gardaí but vowed not to be intimidated by those in the criminal 'underworld' who he has been exposing for more than a decade.
When Aeneas travels to the 'underworld' , as most heroes do, he is accompanied by Sibyl, his guide sent by Apollo.
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