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n. - Someone who takes bodies from caskets buried in the ground and sells them for anatomical dissection; Someone who steals valuables from crypts.

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  • Noun : Graverobbers had emptied the Mayan tomb before archaeologists could examine its contents
  • The graverobber is actually the guy who wrote the movie I think!
  • "Come down off your goddamned mountain once in a while, graverobber."
  • The movie starts with a graverobber doing what graverobbers do best, robbing graves, of course.
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