underworld
انڈرورلڈ
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.
example
When Aeneas travels to the 'underworld' , as most heroes do, he is accompanied by Sibyl, his guide sent by Apollo.
A number of journalists were attacked in 2003 as a result of their investigation into the criminal 'underworld' .
In the city, corruption runs rampant, from the government offices to the gangland hangouts of 'underworld' figures.
The last of the Titans, Typhon was the son of the earth and the 'underworld' .
The book, which deals with the criminal 'underworld' , will be published next year, and has been described as a ‘thrilling literary debut’.
During the last six millennia, the hero's journey to the 'underworld' of the dead has been a main part of epic storylines.
He deals with all sorts of crime in the 'underworld' of this city, from petty theft to murder, and everything in between.
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.
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.
To gain entrance to this forbidden domain she threatened to break down the gates of the 'underworld' , free the dead and devour the living.
Persephone was forced to live a dual life in both the 'underworld' and earth after eating the pomegranate seeds given to her by Hades.
They have run the biggest drug businesses, which have been going for a long time, very successfully, in the criminal 'underworld' .
The newspaper understands he was believed to be involved in hits and suspected of supplying ammunition and possibly firearms to the criminal 'underworld' .
The criminal 'underworld' was considering hiring foreign hit-men for a possible assassination attempt.
‘I have always been fascinated by secret societies and the criminal 'underworld' ,’ she replied calmly.
In the famous sixth book of the Aeneid, Aeneas travels to the 'underworld' in search of his father, Anchises.
In the myth she was abducted by the God of the 'underworld' , Pluto, and stolen away to his kingdom of Hades.
It is suggested that an 'underworld' crime figure planned to grab the mother and her child and to demand a six figure sum.
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.
Alice asked, craving more answers from this plethora of magical knowledge Clay seemed to possess about the 'underworld' and earth.
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' .
a man reputed to be a godfather of the Glasgow 'underworld'
Both were mighty queens in the 'underworld' where they cast light upon the dead in their darkness.
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.
The spirit assumes the appearance of a dead man and goes down to the 'underworld' .
Pluto, or Hades, rules the 'underworld' but even he was taken by the power of love and lust, for Proserpina.
Too late they discover that he is an 'underworld' crime lord, and that crossing him results in an inevitable slow and painful death.
The violent, bloodthirsty gang who are holding him are notorious throughout the criminal 'underworld' .
Like Orpheus bringing Eurydice out of the 'underworld' , it seems the novelist cannot look directly at love without losing it.
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.
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