It was planted in churchyards to prevent activity by ghosts.

For example, he was possessed, cursed and kidnapped by ghosts a couple of times.

Everything of value disappears: a tormented mother snatched away by ghosts, a father who one day simply never returns.

More literary than literal, the book reads as if told by ghosts around an open fire.

It is 'apparently' haunted by ghosts which still walk the halls.

There are those who believe falsely that he has dark supernatural powers, thinking him possessed by ghosts.

She looked away, her eyes haunted by old ghosts.

The ship is eerily quiet, as if run by ghosts.

She herself had shared nothing with anyone that night, lying alone in her bed, visited by ghosts and memories.

Does this mean that Akaky was, himself, robbed by ghosts?