underworld
submundo
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.
translation of 'underworld'
noun
mundo inferior,
inferno,
mundo dos mortos
example
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.
It is suggested that an 'underworld' crime figure planned to grab the mother and her child and to demand a six figure sum.
Like Orpheus bringing Eurydice out of the 'underworld' , it seems the novelist cannot look directly at love without losing it.
And I will be more powerful than any other on the face of the earth or in the 'underworld' .
Persephone was forced to live a dual life in both the 'underworld' and earth after eating the pomegranate seeds given to her by Hades.
During the last six millennia, the hero's journey to the 'underworld' of the dead has been a main part of epic storylines.
I like doing freelance work for the criminal '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.
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.
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.
Pluto is the mythological ruler of the 'underworld' , the keeper of dark secrets.
Too late they discover that he is an 'underworld' crime lord, and that crossing him results in an inevitable slow and painful death.
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.
He deals with all sorts of crime in the 'underworld' of this city, from petty theft to murder, and everything in between.
Both were mighty queens in the 'underworld' where they cast light upon the dead in their darkness.
The last of the Titans, Typhon was the son of the earth and the 'underworld' .
The violent, bloodthirsty gang who are holding him are notorious throughout the criminal 'underworld' .
In the city, corruption runs rampant, from the government offices to the gangland hangouts of 'underworld' figures.
They have run the biggest drug businesses, which have been going for a long time, very successfully, in the criminal 'underworld' .
He introduces him to the criminal 'underworld' and, as partners, they rob and beat men in darkened alleys.
Last year, the unit seized more than 200 illegal guns and more than 3,500 rounds of assorted ammunition, which are in demand in the criminal 'underworld' .
Pluto, or Hades, rules the 'underworld' but even he was taken by the power of love and lust, for Proserpina.
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.
‘I have always been fascinated by secret societies and the criminal 'underworld' ,’ she replied calmly.
The newspaper understands he was believed to be involved in hits and suspected of supplying ammunition and possibly firearms to the criminal 'underworld' .
The book, which deals with the criminal 'underworld' , will be published next year, and has been described as a ‘thrilling literary debut’.
Alice asked, craving more answers from this plethora of magical knowledge Clay seemed to possess about the 'underworld' and earth.
The concept of the dead travelling through the 'underworld' in a boat is regularly depicted in the Valley of the Kings and the tombs of the Pharaohs.
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.
a prominent 'underworld' figure
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