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In a country which is controlled by an enemy or has a harsh government, the u__________ is an organized group of people who are involved in illegal activities against the people in power.In a country which is controlled by an enemy or has a harsh government, the underground is an organized group of people who are involved in illegal activities against the people in power.
These U.S. dollars were smuggled into the country during the war, to aid the underground.
word underground
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adverb
Something that is underground is below the surface of the ground.
Solid low-level waste will be disposed of deep underground.
The plane hit so hard that one engine was buried 16 feet underground.
...a run-down shopping area with an underground car park.
...underground water pipes.
If you go underground, you hide from the authorities or the police because your political ideas or activities are illegal.
After the violent clashes of 1981 they either went underground or left the country.
...opposition leaders, who are working underground because of the threat of arrest.
noun
The underground in a city is the railway system in which electric trains travel below the ground in tunnels .
...a woman alone in the underground waiting for a train.
He crossed London by underground.
The underground is ideal for getting to work in Milan.
In a country which is controlled by an enemy or has a harsh government, the underground is an organized group of people who are involved in illegal activities against the people in power.
These U.S. dollars were smuggled into the country during the war, to aid the underground.
adjective
Underground groups and activities are secret because their purpose is to oppose the government and they are illegal.
The organization runs an underground network to help people to leave the country.
They are accused of organising and financing an underground youth movement.
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