Word info

grave-robbing

Speech parts

1. grave-robbing - Noun

2. grave-robbing - Verb

Meaning

grave-robbing

present participle and gerund of grave-rob

grave-robbing (countable and uncountable, plural grave-robbings)

Alternative form of graverobbing

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

No, no,' said Hildy, 'I dig up ancient things buried in the earth. Things that belonged to people who lived hundreds of years ago. As she said this, she began to feel uncomfortable. She had forgotten about the brooch.'Do you really?' said the King. 'We used to call that grave-robbing. Tom Holt

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