body snatcher (English, noun)
expansion: body snatcher (plural body snatchers)
Senses:
glosses: One who makes arrests, such as a bailiff or policeman.
tags: derogatory
humorous
obsolete
slang
glosses: One who abducts or controls another's body, such as a slaver, psychic, or human resources agent.
glosses: One who sells cadavers to anatomists, surgeons, etc., especially by exhuming corpses from graves, a resurrection man.
tags: historical
glosses: A graverobber who steals bodies or body parts.
raw_tags: in particular
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A stretcher-bearer.
tags: British
slang
Forms:
form: body snatchers
tags: plural
form: bodysnatcher
tags: alternative
form: body-snatcher
tags: alternative