Body Snatcher (Noun)
Meaning
Someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The infamous body snatcher, William Burke, was known for digging up fresh graves in Edinburgh's Greyfriars Kirkyard.
- In the 19th century, body snatchers secretly exhumed corpses from London's cemeteries to supply the city's medical schools.
- A group of activists sought to expose the body snatcher who had been secretly trafficking human remains to the local university.
- The family was horrified when they discovered that their deceased loved one had been stolen by a body snatcher.
- As a medical student, he was both fascinated and repelled by the illicit trade of the body snatcher who supplied their dissection lab.