[n] an evil spirit or ghost [n] someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection
body snatcher, graverobber
afreet, ape-man, Baba Yaga, barghest, body snatcher, bogey, bogeyman, booster, bugaboo, bugbear, cacodemon, chicken thief, con man, crook, daeva, demon, den of thieves, devil, devil incarnate, Dracula, dybbuk, embezzler, evil genius, evil spirit, fee-faw-