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View synonyms for body snatcher
body snatcher
noun
- a person who steals corpses; graverobber.
- Slang. an agency that recruits executives working for one company to fill top management positions in another.
body snatcher
noun
- (formerly) a person who robbed graves and sold the corpses for dissection
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Derived Forms
- body snatching, noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of body snatcher1
First recorded in 1805–15
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Example Sentences
The bass singer had made an immense hit with his song of "The Body Snatcher," and the town rushed to listen to it.
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What do I care whether our hero's grandfather was Archbishop of Canterbury or a professional body-snatcher?
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Bishop had been a body-snatcher for twelve years, and he had during that time obtained and sold over five hundred bodies.
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"Oh, 'tis only a little bit of a dead body-snatcher," said one of the guardians.
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He describes graves with the minuteness of a body-snatcher; and when he would be impressive is disgusting.
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