Common collocations with underworld in American Collocation

underworld noun countable

US /ˈʌndərˌwɜrld/

dangerous

seedy

sinister

sordid

violent

Drug Wars is an addictive game of buying and selling in a seedy underworld.

murky

shadowy

shady

In this riveting thriller, Dublin’s shady underworld is brought to life in all its raw and chilling detail.

Donna finds herself drawn further into a dark, menacing criminal underworld.