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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 snatcher - someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissectionbody 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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Our tour guide took us to Bram Stoker's house, in St Stephen's Green, to learn about the gruesome Walking Hangman and past the College of Physicians, to see if we could see the ghost of Dr Clossy, the surgeon who dabbled in bodysnatching.
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THE leader of a bodysnatching ring which made more than pounds 2m after stealing the bones of veteran broadcaster Alistair Cooke and more than 1,000 other victims pleaded guilty yesterday.
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