profanateur meaning in English

n. profaner, blasphemer
adj. profanatory, serving to desecrate what is sacred, blasphemous; defiling, contaminating, making impure

The still insufficiently Christianized Swedes henceforth saw him as a temple defiler who had robbed the gods.
Les Suédois insuffisamment christianisés le considéraient désormais comme un profanateur de temple qui avait volé les dieux.
Even though Burke and Hare never robbed graves, their case lowered the public's view of resurrectionists from desecraters to potential murderers.
Même si Burke et Hare n'avaient jamais pillé de tombes, le statut des resurrectionists dans l'opinion public passa de celui de profanateur à celui de possible meurtrier.