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Don't worry I saw it. I cleaned up some of the mess. In the Fan Work example, I think the person was going for accusation after being caught. Of course, for moral reasons, we shouldn't have a real life example.
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(Don't worry I saw it. I cleaned up some of the mess. In the Fan Work example, I think the person was going for accusation after being caught. Of course, for moral reasons, we shouldn't have a real life example.)
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Okay, so you found a dead body. It seems to died in some kind of matter. What do you do with it? In [[Real Life]], one would report the discovery to the police (or possibly to the family of the deceased). In this trope, however, you steal from the dead, scavenging anything of value or use. It's not as if anyone is going to find out.
 
Not to be mistaken for [[Grave Robbing]];, that's stealing the actualactually corpse (or parts thereof).
 
SubtropeThis ofis [[Stickybehavior Fingers]].practiced Compareby witha [[NinjaKleptomaniac LootingHero]]. Compare and contrast with [[Plunder]]. This is behavior practised by a [[Kleptomaniac Hero]].
 
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== [[Fan Works]] ==
* In ''[[Final Stand of Death]]'', Nick Diamond is comfortedconfronted by Debbie Matenopoulos finds a mixtape belong to one of the [[Spice Girls]] in his possession. Nick tries to [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|denied]] stealing, yet alone kidnapping.
** ''MOD: I don't know how to fix this entry. Was Nick given solace by Debbie ("comforted") or was he accused by her ("confronted")? Either way, the example needs to be rewritten with good grammar, but the grammar depends on the action being described.''
 
== [[Film]] ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* Of course after _____killing someone, the player in the ''[[Grand Theft Auto (series)]]'' has the option of stealing from the body, either money or a weapon.
** ''MOD: The "_____" needs to be replaced with a verb. Which verb, I don't know.''
* [[Duke Nukem]] would often steal from the bodies of the aliens after killing them, mostly [[Plunder|ammo or weapons he can use]].
 
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== Other Media ==
 
== [[Real Life]] ==
 
 
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