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Definition body snatcher in British English

body snatcher noun

[countable] noun
/ˈbɒdi ˌsnætʃə(r)/
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)

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Definition body snatcher in British English