body bag
noun
: a large zippered bag (as of rubber or vinyl) in which a human corpse is placed especially for transportation
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Brown ordered body bag on eBay Tieger said Brown lived in Lattimore’s apartment with her body for several days.
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Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Sep. 2025
Dexter steals Prater’s yacht and dumps his body bags in the New York Harbor, right in front of the Statue of Liberty.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 5 Sep. 2025
Outside Gaza City's Al-Shifa hospital, white plastic body bags with corpses were laid out on the street.
—Emily Rose, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Considering viewers never saw his actual body, just a full body bag with his helmet sitting next to it, questions naturally arose.
—Rachel McRady, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Sep. 2025
Dexter steals Prater’s yacht and dumps his body bags in the New York Harbor, right in front of the Statue of Liberty.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 5 Sep. 2025
Outside Gaza City's Al-Shifa hospital, white plastic body bags with corpses were laid out on the street.
—Emily Rose, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Considering viewers never saw his actual body, just a full body bag with his helmet sitting next to it, questions naturally arose.
—Rachel McRady, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for body bag
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“Body bag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20bag. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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