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body snatcher
(redirected from bodysnatching)

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body snatcher
n.
1. A person who steals corpses from graves and sells them, usually for purposes of dissection.
2. Slang A corporate recruiter.
body·snatching (bd-snchng) n.
body snatcher
n
(Business / Professions) (formerly) a person who robbed graves and sold the corpses for dissection
body snatching  n
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Noun1.body snatcherbody snatcher - someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection
ghoul, graverobber
stealer, thief - a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it


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Indeed, tissue has become so desirable that bodysnatching has apparently made something of a comeback.
BODY BAZAAR: The Market for Human Tissue in the Biotechnology Age by Heilbrunn, Jacob / Washington Monthly
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