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Grabräuber — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ghoul noun A legendary demon or evil spirit said to rob graves and feed on corpses.
  • graverobber noun One who robs graves or tombs in order to sell the contents for profit.

Senses

Grabräuber is used for these senses in English:

  • ghoul A graverobber.
  • graverobber One who robs graves or tombs in order to sell the contents for profit.

ghoul — full definition

  1. noun A legendary demon or evil spirit said to rob graves and feed on corpses.
  2. noun A person with a morbid, unhealthy fascination with death or gruesome things.

graverobber — full definition

  1. noun One who robs graves or tombs in order to sell the contents for profit.
  2. noun One who digs up corpses in order to sell them to anatomists and surgeons.

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