They proved to be two of those Body-Snatchers, called hired Constables, who were patrolling the Fields.
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Body snatcher
Synonyms for "body snatcher" (16 found)
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Translations
11 translations across 6 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- τυμβωρύχος noun (One who secretly removes without right or authority a dead body from a grave)
Danish
1 entries- ligrøver noun (One who secretly removes without right or authority a dead body from a grave)
Greek
1 entries- τυμβωρύχος noun (One who secretly removes without right or authority a dead body from a grave)
Italian
1 entries- ultracorpo noun (One who secretly removes without right or authority a dead body from a grave)
Swedish
4 entries- likplundrare noun (One who secretly removes without right or authority a dead body from a grave)
- likrånare noun (One who secretly removes without right or authority a dead body from a grave)
- likrövare noun (One who secretly removes without right or authority a dead body from a grave)
- liksnattare noun (One who secretly removes without right or authority a dead body from a grave)
Turkish
2 entries- mezar soyguncusu noun (One who secretly removes without right or authority a dead body from a grave)
- nebbaş noun (One who secretly removes without right or authority a dead body from a grave)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Look here, my body-snatchers, you have unlawfully abridged the liberty of one of the sons of the sovereign State of New York!
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A black woman told Carrie not to say master and missis, because you were body-snatchers and slave-drivers.
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Girls who can't let a man go by without reaching out for him. That's what I call them—body snatchers.
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