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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An Iranian amateur boxer was shot and killed by Iranian security forces during ongoing anti-regime protests near Tehran, and his father spent a week searching before identifying his body in a black body bag.
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Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Mourners wept over the journalists' bodies, which were in body bags and had press vests placed on their chests.
—Arkansas Online, 23 Jan. 2026
In Kahrizak, south of Tehran, videos showed large crowds gathering around dozens of body bags on the pavement near a morgue.
—Sarah Dean, CNN Money, 23 Jan. 2026
Mourners on Thursday wept over the journalists’ bodies, which were covered in body bags and had press vests placed on their chests.
—Toqa Ezzidin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
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Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Mourners wept over the journalists' bodies, which were in body bags and had press vests placed on their chests.
—Arkansas Online, 23 Jan. 2026
In Kahrizak, south of Tehran, videos showed large crowds gathering around dozens of body bags on the pavement near a morgue.
—Sarah Dean, CNN Money, 23 Jan. 2026
Mourners on Thursday wept over the journalists’ bodies, which were covered in body bags and had press vests placed on their chests.
—Toqa Ezzidin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
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“Body bag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20bag. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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