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ˈbody snatch·er N old

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The poor were most vulnerable, because they could not afford coffins to keep the body snatchers out.
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Despite these efforts, body snatchers persisted.
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Violent mobs were not the only problems body snatchers faced.
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Criminal elements were attracted to the lucrative trade and resurrectionists, or body snatchers, resorted to grave robbing to supply the market.
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Bribed servants would sometimes offer body snatchers access to their dead master or mistress lying in state; the removed body would be replaced with weights.
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Railings and walls were kept high in order to dispel fears of body snatchers.
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With the body snatcher subgenre, it's your unique you-ness that undergoes the mutation.
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The body snatcher is depicted with a particularly feminine appearance: red nail polish in her fingernails, pencil skirt and polka dot blouse.
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The would-be body snatchers withdrew, only to return several hours later with more men.
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Today this church lies in ruins, but in the 19th century the building was modified somewhat for a watchman's house to deter body snatchers.
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