Body snatching
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body-snatching-174-10410569
title:
Body snatching
text:
Body snatching is the illicit removal of corpses from graves, morgues, and other burial sites. Body snatching is distinct from the act of grave robbery as grave robbing does not explicitly involve the removal of the corpse, but rather theft from the burial site itself. The term 'body snatching' most commonly refers to the removal and sale of corpses primarily for the purpose of dissection or anatomy lectures in medical schools. The term was coined primarily in regard to cases in the United Kingd
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Secret removal of corpses from burial sites
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_snatching
date created:
2004-06-03T13:18:16Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T19:17:39Z
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