How to Use grave robber in a Sentence

grave robber

noun
  • The third installment of the Netflix anthology series will tell the real-life story of serial killer and grave robber Gein and his years-long murder spree.
    — Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Hunnam — who is best known for his role as Jax Teller in FX's Sons of Anarchy — will star as serial killer and grave robber Gein.
    — Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025
  • The character was loosely inspired by Ed Gein, a real serial killer and grave robber from Wisconsin who dug up corpses and used their bones and skin to make everything from clothing to furniture and even silverware.
    — Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Released in 1974 and presented in the style of a true-crime documentary, Deranged follows Ezra Cobb (Roberts Blossom), an isolated farmer turned deadly grave robber in the wake of his mother's death.
    — Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Otherwise known as the Butcher of Plainfield, Gein was a Wisconsin serial killer and grave robber who confessed to the murders of at least two women, though investigators later found the remains of 10 women in his home, per History.
    — Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025

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