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grave⋅rob⋅ber

  [greyv-rob-er]
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–noun
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.

Origin:
grave 1 + robber

Related forms:
graverobbing, noun
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grave robber  
n.  One who plunders valuables from tombs or graves or who steals corpses after burial, as for illicit dissection.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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