someone in the past who dug up dead bodies after they were buried to sell to doctors for dissection (=the process of cutting into them to examine the organs inside)
Synonyms and related words
People who steal
thief
burglar
robber
body snatcher
noun countable
US /ˈbɑdi ˌsnætʃər/
Word Forms
singular
body snatcher
plural
body snatchers
DEFINITIONS1
1
someone in the past who dug up dead bodies after they were buried to sell to doctors for dissection (=the process of cutting into them to examine the organs inside)