Meanings
nounorganlegger (plural organleggers)
plural organleggers · alternative organ-legger
- literatureSomeone who illegally harvests and sells human organs.
Owen lay dead in the bloody snow, his noble body gashed and punctured in many places, and soaked in his own gore. And that was how the organleggers found him.
2004, Simon R[ichard] Green, Deathstalker Return, New York, N.Y.: Roc Books, →ISBN, page 404
Origin
Blend of organ + bootlegger (“an illegal trader of goods, especially of alcohol”).
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APA
organlegger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/organlegger
MLA
“organlegger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/organlegger. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “organlegger,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/organlegger.
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