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Burkism

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(n.) The practice of killing persons for the purpose of selling their bodies for dissection.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Burkism'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/burkism.html. 1828.
 
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