"grave-rob" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: grave-robs [present, singular, third-person], grave-robbing [participle, present], grave-robbed [participle, past], grave-robbed [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from graverobbing. Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|graverobbing}} Back-formation from graverobbing Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} grave-rob (third-person singular simple present grave-robs, present participle grave-robbing, simple past and past participle grave-robbed)
  1. (transitive) To steal (items) from a person's grave. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-grave-rob-en-verb-MvCg9IXe Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English back-formations: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49
  2. (transitive) To steal from the grave of (a person). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-grave-rob-en-verb-SND4aRBp Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English back-formations: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: graverobbed

Inflected forms

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