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body snatcher

NOUN
corpse stealer
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Wait a second, how do we know you’re not an alien body snatcher pretending to be Jimmy!?

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 16, 2022

Is she a well-meaning lonely soul or some kind of malevolent body snatcher?

From New York Times Nov. 23, 2021

One such body snatcher bill, Senate Bill 54, was introduced in February 2017.

From Washington Times Oct. 28, 2018

The movie’s attitude toward its subject is essentially that of a body snatcher, assuming its victim’s outer form in order to destroy it from within.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 2016

In exchange for tuition relief and a place to work—the late-night shift was quiet and conducive to study—the school got someone to admit the body snatcher.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead




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