body snatcher

noun

someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection

• Hypernyms: ↑thief, ↑stealer

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noun

: one who without authority takes corpses from graves usually for purposes of dissection or for sale for such purposes : resurrectionist

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1. a person who steals corpses; graverobber.

2. Slang. an agency that recruits executives working for one company to fill top management positions in another.

[1805-15]

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body snatcher noun (historical)

A person who secretly disinters dead bodies (usu to sell them) for dissection

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Main Entry: ↑body

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body snatcher UK [ˈbɒdi ˌsnætʃə(r)] US [ˈbɑdi ˌsnætʃər] noun [countable] [singular body snatcher plural body snatchers]

someone in the past who dug up dead bodies after they were buried to sell to doctors for dissection (=the process of cutting into them to examine the organs inside)

Thesaurus: people who steal_synonym

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body snatcher,

a person who steals human bodies or corpses from graves, with the latter, often for the purpose of dissection: »The 1956 film Invasion of the Body Snatchers is an effective thriller that is seen by film critics as a commentary on the American Cold War.
SYNONYM(S): ghoul.

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Body Snatcher — oder The Body Snatcher bezeichnet: Leichendieb, Entwender eines Toten aus Leichenhäusern oder Friedhöfen Der Leichenräuber (The Body Snatcher), Kurzgeschichte von Robert Louis Stevenson aus dem Jahr 1884 Der Leichendieb (The Body Snatcher),… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Body snatcher — Body Bod y, n.; pl. {Bodies}. [OE. bodi, AS. bodig; akin to OHG. botah. [root]257. Cf. {Bodice}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
body snatcher — n. a person who steals corpses from graves, as formerly to sell them for anatomical dissection … English World dictionary
body snatcher — UK [ˈbɒdɪ ˌsnætʃə(r)] / US [ˈbɑdɪ ˌsnætʃər] noun [countable] Word forms body snatcher : singular body snatcher plural body snatchers someone in the past who dug up dead bodies after they were buried to sell to doctors for dissection (= the… … English dictionary
body snatcher — body snatch·er snach ər n one esp. in former times who illegally removed usu. recently interred corpses from graves for medical dissection or for sale for this purpose … Medical dictionary
body snatcher — noun One who secretly removes without right or authority a dead body from a grave, vault, etc … Wiktionary
body-snatcher — /ˈbɒdi ˌsnætʃə/ (say bodee .snachuh) noun 1. (formerly) a person who robbed a grave to obtain a body for medical dissection. 2. World War I Colloquial a member of a raiding party whose mission was to bring back a live enemy soldier or, at the… …
The Body Snatcher (disambiguation) — Body snatcher or The Body Snatcher may refer to:* Body snatcher, a person who secretly exhumes dead bodies to sell them * The Body Snatcher , a 1885 short story by Robert Louis Stevenson ** The Body Snatcher , a 1945 film adaptation of Stevenson… … Wikipedia
body snatcher — noun Date: 1812 one who steals corpses from graves … New Collegiate Dictionary
body snatcher — 1. a person who steals corpses; graverobber. 2. Slang. an agency that recruits executives working for one company to fill top management positions in another. [1805 15] * * * … Universalium

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