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underworld

noun as in criminal activity, element

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These ceremonies included visual and sonic iconographic elements of mythological deities of the Aztec underworld, which may also be symbolized in the Aztec death whistle.

A comparable U.S. venture called EarthScope, a $200 million, 20-year-long effort to map the North American underworld that wrapped up field studies a few months ago, spaced seismometers 70 kilometers apart.

Buck’s two-week trial highlighted a dangerous underworld of sex work, where an influential, wealthy man exploited poor, addicted Black men.

Punjab's gangsters don’t enter the underworld for wealth alone - they crave notoriety, a deep-seated desire to "be somebody", according to Mr Singh.

From BBC

That is because they have the wine know-how there: artisans who understand labelling and old bottles and corks; and also a criminal underworld that is prepared to invest.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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