bodysnatching

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noun

The illicit theft of cadavers, especially by exhuming them from graves, to sell to them to anatomists, surgeons, etc.

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Meanings

nounbodysnatching (uncountable)
  1. historicaluncountableThe illicit theft of cadavers, especially by exhuming them from graves, to sell to them to anatomists, surgeons, etc.

Origin

From body + snatching.

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APA

bodysnatching. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bodysnatching

MLA

“bodysnatching.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bodysnatching. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bodysnatching,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bodysnatching.

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