Why the underword is called "underworld"?

Question

I want 2 know why the world crime is called underworld?

Answer 1

It exists beneath the surface of every day life.

Answer 2

In the study of mythology and religion, the underworld is a generic term approximately equivalent to the lay term afterlife, referring to any place to which newly dead souls go.

Answer 3

If it wasnt called the "underworld," then we would have to call "underworld devil ham" Deviled Ham from the Pit of Hell. Doesnt sound the same.

Answer 4

The sub-versive nature of anti-social crime drives those who would do harm against the above-board citizens,....ready,... Under-Ground.

This has become epidemic, thus leading to an "underworld" of criminal behavior.

Answer 5

center of the earth hot underworld is in the center of the earth suposiltivly

Answer 6

I am guessing here, but perhaps because their lives and business are conducted away from daylight and normal channels. (i.e., dark alleys, smoky bars, abandoned warehouses--all that stuff from the movies). Also, it might have something to do with being "above the law" or in this case, probably the opposite.

Answer 7

because when we mention sky we mean amibitious, good world, to go high but when we say under it refers as sumthin negative so dats y underworld, like under means down so its sumthin like going down or person who is already there in thw down

Answer 8

think it through -- the underworld is the abode of the dead, that is, hell. lifelong criminals are bound for hell, so may as well consider them already there.

Answer 9

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