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body snatching

secret removal of corpses from burial sites
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body snatching

Summary

body snatching ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,873 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • body snatching is a type of theft[2].
  • body snatching is a type of exhumation[3].
  • body snatching is a type of grave robbery[4].
  • body snatching's Commons category is recorded as Body snatchers[5].
  • body snatching's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Body snatching[6].
  • body snatching's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[7].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include theft[2], exhumation[3], and grave robbery[4].

Why It Matters

body snatching ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,873 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → theft, exhumation, grave robbery
    Subclass of → —
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Topic's main category → Category:Body snatching
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: body-snatching, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289910744|body snatching (#289910744)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's "
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