lurking

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This form of service to medical science was called Burking, after an enterprising Scot who invented it.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thanks to Burking, which got the public dander up more than simple grave-robbing had done, laws were passed in the 18305, allowing doctors to dissect unclaimed bodies.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Really, Mr. Chairman,” observed the Agent for the Bill, who appeared to have no idea of Burking the inquiry, “this is growing interesting.”

From Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years by Various

Two especially; that is to say, the practice of Burking, and bad surgery.

From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron