graverobber
or grave rob·ber
[ greyv-rob-er ]
/ ˈgreɪvˌrɒb ər /
noun
a person who steals valuables from graves and tombs: Graverobbers had emptied the Mayan tomb before archaeologists could examine its contents.
a person who steals corpses after burial, especially for medical dissection.
OTHER WORDS FROM graverobber
grave·rob·bing, nounWords nearby graverobber
graven image,
gravenhage,
gravenhage, 's,
graveolent,
graver,
graverobber,
graves,
graves' disease,
gravesend,
gravesham,
graveside
Example sentences from the Web for grave-robbing
Miss Lowenstein, I have some reason for thinking that you know who is implicated in that grave-robbing business.
Out of a Labyrinth |Lawrence L. LynchVillages, expert in two hundred generations of grave-robbing, cower among the mounds of wastage, and whoop at the daily tourist.
Letters of Travel (1892-1913) |Rudyard KiplingIn the same issue is recorded a mob's assault on a doctor whom they suspected, rightly it seems, of grave-robbing.
An Enquiry into the Causes of the Frequent Executions at Tyburn (1725) |Bernard Mandeville