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body snatching
noun
- the act or practice of robbing a grave to obtain a cadaver for dissection.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of body snatching1
First recorded in 1825–35
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Example Sentences
Thoughts of body-snatching and bizarre surgery flitted through his mind to be instantly dismissed.
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But I was too conscientious to be accessory to the crime of body-snatching, and he had not courage enough to do the foul deed.
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But while the students of the metropolis were active in the body-snatching work, those of Glasgow were following hard behind them.
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You've come a hell of a long way with those boys of yours down at the Lizzie to worry out some body-snatching.
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Those who practised body-snatching were frequently called resurrectionists or resurrection-men.
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