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robbing graves

  • 1 en chirona

    Ex. A newlywed couple spent their honeymoon behind bars for allegedly robbing graves.
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    Ex: A newlywed couple spent their honeymoon behind bars for allegedly robbing graves.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en chirona

  • 2 en la cárcel

    Ex. A newlywed couple spent their honeymoon behind bars for allegedly robbing graves.
    * * *

    Ex: A newlywed couple spent their honeymoon behind bars for allegedly robbing graves.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en la cárcel

  • 3 profanar una tumba

    (v.) = rob + grave
    Ex. A newlywed couple spent their honeymoon behind bars for allegedly robbing graves.
    * * *
    (v.) = rob + grave

    Ex: A newlywed couple spent their honeymoon behind bars for allegedly robbing graves.

    Spanish-English dictionary > profanar una tumba

  • 4 profanador de tumbas

    grave robber
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    (n.) = resurrectionist, grave robber, body snatcher
    Ex. The draw of earning up to 30 pounds per cadaver without risking life or limb proved too tempting for some of the more barbarous resurrectionists, however, leading them to commit murder.
    Ex. By the close of the 18th century, grave robbing was a common practice in Britain and the terms used describe these men included body snatchers and grave robbers.
    Ex. When there was a shortage of cadavers, medical schools would hire body snatchers to rob graves.
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    (n.) = resurrectionist, grave robber, body snatcher

    Ex: The draw of earning up to 30 pounds per cadaver without risking life or limb proved too tempting for some of the more barbarous resurrectionists, however, leading them to commit murder.

    Ex: By the close of the 18th century, grave robbing was a common practice in Britain and the terms used describe these men included body snatchers and grave robbers.
    Ex: When there was a shortage of cadavers, medical schools would hire body snatchers to rob graves.

    Spanish-English dictionary > profanador de tumbas

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