underground

Definition

  • adjective: located or occurring below the surface of the earth
  • adverb: beneath the surface of the earth
  • synonyms: secret, subterraneous, subterranean

Examples

  • The political party 'went underground' [=started working in secret] after the new government took power.

  • I've ridden on the New York subway, the Paris Metro, and the London 'Underground'.

  • The drugs are supplied through an 'underground' network.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Special Programs Department. George Bosch. Barbara Schlesinger. Tommy Pellegrino. l just saw footage of a special Bill's doing on the revolutionary underground. Most of it's tedious stuff of Laureen Hobbs and two fatigue jackets... muttering mutilated Marxism... but he's got eight minutes (..)
    1976 Network
  • (..) This is the Ecumenical Liberation Army. They're the ones who kidnapped Mary Ann Gifford three weeks ago. There's a lot of liberation armies in the revolutionary underground... and a lot of kidnapped heiresses. This is Mary Ann Gifford. That's the Great Ahmed Khan. He's their leader. (..)
    1976 Network