Necroviolence

See also: Desecration of graves

Necroviolence as defined by anthropologist Jason De León refers to "violence performed through the specific treatment of corpses" in ways that are offensive and enable a powerful party or group to deny responsibility for the deaths of persons associated with a less powerful party or group.

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