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body snatcher

noun

  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.


body snatcher

noun

  1. (formerly) a person who robbed graves and sold the corpses for dissection
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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

“If I asked for decaf or, heaven forbid, to put anything in my coffee — cream or any sweetener — they would know for sure that a body snatcher had taken over my body,” wrote Claudia.

The bass singer had made an immense hit with his song of "The Body Snatcher," and the town rushed to listen to it.

What do I care whether our hero's grandfather was Archbishop of Canterbury or a professional body-snatcher?

Bishop had been a body-snatcher for twelve years, and he had during that time obtained and sold over five hundred bodies.

"Oh, 'tis only a little bit of a dead body-snatcher," said one of the guardians.

He describes graves with the minuteness of a body-snatcher; and when he would be impressive is disgusting.

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