graverobber

graverobber
graverobbing, n.
/grayv"rob'euhr/, n.
1. a person who steals valuables from graves and tombs: Graverobbers had emptied the Mayan tomb before archaeologists could examine its contents.
2. a person who steals corpses after burial, esp. for medical dissection.
Also, grave robber.
[GRAVE1 + ROBBER]

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