0 present participle of exhume --
1 to remove a dead body from the ground after it has been buried --
Acts of fraud were quite common, with some bounty hunters presenting golden jackals or simply exhuming the bodies of bountied wolves and presenting them to unsuspecting magistrates for rewards.
After 1511, the task of exhuming skeletons and stacking their bones in the chapel was given to a half-blind monk of the order.
His main work was in exhuming mass graves to gather forensic evidence to prosecute government officials.
Workers are exhuming the bodies there in the cemetery, preparing them to be moved before the end of the year.
The thought of exhuming the final resting place of a former grave robber is irresistibly appealing to them.
The third is pointing his left thumb over his shoulder at the other monks exhuming the body of the saint.
As of 2008, exhuming and identifying the bodies in almost 60 identified but unopened mass burial sites remains a problem.
No work whatsoever has so far been done on exhuming the bodies, or on identifying who might be involved, because no resources have been made available.
