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graverobbing

graverobbing noun: the practice of illegally removing corpses (or other items) from graves, originally to supply cadavers for medical study. Also the present participle and gerund of graverob.

Noun

graverobbing (countable and uncountable, plural graverobbings)

  1. The practice of illegally removing corpses (or other items) from graves, originally to supply cadavers for medical study.

Also used as

graverobbing is also the present participle and gerund of graverob.

Forms of graverobbing

pluralgraverobbings

Origin of graverobbing

From grave + robbing.

From graverob + -ing.

Questions about graverobbing

What does graverobbing mean?
Graverobbing means the practice of illegally removing corpses (or other items) from graves, originally to supply cadavers for medical study.
What part of speech is graverobbing?
Graverobbing is a noun.
What is the plural of graverobbing?
The plural of graverobbing is graverobbings.

Words near graverobbing in the dictionary

  1. graveries
  2. graverob
  3. graverobbed
  4. graverobber
  5. graverobbers
  6. graverobbing
  7. graverobbings
  8. graverobs
  9. gravers
  10. gravery
  11. graves

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