noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   One who robs graves or tombs in order to sell the contents for profit.
2. 2
   someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection wordnet
3. 3
   someone who steals valuables from graves or crypts wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

body snatcherbodysnatcherbodysnatcherghoulresurrectionistresurrectionist

Etymology

From grave + robber.

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