body snatcher
Example Sentences
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Vicaria’s genius inspires the neighborhood kids to christen her “mad scientist” and later, “body snatcher,” for she labors under the conviction that “death is a disease.”
From New York Times
“Wait a second, how do we know you’re not an alien body snatcher pretending to be Jimmy!?”
From Los Angeles Times
Is she a well-meaning lonely soul or some kind of malevolent body snatcher?
From New York Times
“If I asked for decaf or, heaven forbid, to put anything in my coffee — cream or any sweetener — they would know for sure that a body snatcher had taken over my body,” wrote Claudia.
From Washington Post
Former dental surgeon Michael Mastromarino was nicknamed “body snatcher” by the tabloids after he was charged with stealing tissue and bone from more than 1,000 corpses that sold for transplant and research.
From Fox News
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.