Definition of "grave-robber" [grave-robber]

• One who robs a grave; a resurrectionist. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "As I dropped the last bundle of supplies into the cart, the doctor and the grave-robber appeared, bearing the body of the dead girl between them, still wrapped in her makeshift shroud of bed linen."
• "“Oh, I knew where the Bunton plot was, all right, Doctor,” replied the grave-robber."
• "Had it been only two days since the old grave-robber had appeared at our door with his ghastly burden?"