underworld

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

But there is a serious hurdle: U.S. prosecutors have viewed López Serrano as too valuable a source on the Mexican underworld to ship him back south, according to Mexico’s former Atty.

From Los Angeles Times

Ryan James Wedding, known in Mexican underworld circles as “Thor,” was on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list with a $15 million bounty on his head.

From The Wall Street Journal

He drank tall glasses of orange juice in seedy dives as he infiltrated an underworld of bank-robbing clowns and bird-obsessed mobsters.

From Salon

They looked to me like guardians to the underworld.

From Literature

Time France's debut edition also includes an interview with US ambassador to France Charles Kushner, a report from Ukraine's Donbas region and an investigation into the art trafficking underworld, according to its table of contents.

From Barron's