body bag

noun

: a large zippered bag (as of rubber or vinyl) in which a human corpse is placed especially for transportation

Examples of body bag in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web More than 20 characters have left Grey’s since its premiere, either in a body bag or on their own two feet. TIME, 14 Mar. 2024 The disproportionate number of ethnic-minority young men returning home from the Ukraine front in body bags today only serves to underscore Putin’s bid to maintain his grip on a crumbling empire. Elizabeth Barber, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024 Investigators learned security officers are not allowed to open body bags, but are responsible for moving the bodies and placing them on freezer shelves. Greg Wehner, Fox News, 1 Dec. 2023 The 90-year-old was then placed into a body bag and sent to the morgue for preservation. Stepheny Price, Fox News, 30 Nov. 2023 Men prepared the ground and prayed over bright-blue body bags. Louisa Loveluck, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2023 Down the hall, a team waited for a van to deliver a body bag that was expected to contain the remains of a child. Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023 Nur has checked body bags, searched hospitals, morgues and cemeteries, and looked in orphanages for her niece. Scott McLean, CNN, 6 Feb. 2024 Back home, Duncan spoke of those nameless Marines in their body bags waiting for their ride out as a moment of clarity. Darryl Levings, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1947, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of body bag was in 1947

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“Body bag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20bag. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Medical Definition

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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