Burke and Hare
/ˌbɜːk ən ˈheə(r)/
/ˌbɜːrk ən ˈher/
- two Irish criminals who lived in Edinburgh in the early 19th century. They stole bodies from graves and sold them to medical students for their experiments. They also killed people in order to sell their bodies, but they are best known to most British people as grave robbers
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Burke and Hare