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  1. Body snatching

    Body snatching is the secret disinterment of corpses from graveyards. A common purpose of body snatching, especially in the 19th century, was to sell the corpses for dissection or anatomy lectures in medical schools. Those who practised body snatching were often called "resurrectionists" or "resurrection-men." A related act is grave robbery, uncovering a tomb or crypt to steal artifacts or personal effects rather than corpses.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of body snatching in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of body snatching in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6


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