noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The practice of illegally removing corpses (or other items) from graves, originally to supply cadavers for medical study. countable, uncountable

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of graverob form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From grave + robbing.

Etymology 2

From graverob + -ing.

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