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insurance fire

insurance fire noun: a form of arson in which a fire is intentionally started in order to enable collection from an insurance policy that protects against accidental fires.

Noun

insurance fire (plural insurance fires)

  1. A form of arson in which a fire is intentionally started in order to enable collection from an insurance policy that protects against accidental fires.
    • The other fifty-four cases were insurance fires, that is the motive was that of burning to collect insurance.1921, Office of the Fire Marshal of the State of Louisiana, Annual Report - Volumes 17-35, page 7
    • A more likely theory is that it was an insurance fire, as the Bennett brothers were in financial trouble...2009, Jessie Munro, The Story of Suzanne Aubert, page 419

Examples of insurance fire in a sentence

  • Most of the people thought it was an insurance fire, that Aronez or someone hired by him had set it.2012, David Holmberg, The Tinderbox, page 87:
  • They're even hinting that the loss of our Ingleside printing plant was an insurance fire, for God's sake!2016, Stephen Birmingham, The Rothman Scandal, page 619:

Forms of insurance fire

pluralinsurance fires

Questions about insurance fire

What does insurance fire mean?
Insurance fire means a form of arson in which a fire is intentionally started in order to enable collection from an insurance policy that protects against accidental fires.
How do you use insurance fire in a sentence?
Most of the people thought it was an insurance fire, that Aronez or someone hired by him had set it.
What part of speech is insurance fire?
Insurance fire is a noun.
What is the plural of insurance fire?
The plural of insurance fire is insurance fires.

Words near insurance fire in the dictionary

  1. insurance carrier
  2. insurance companies
  3. insurance company
  4. insurance contract
  5. insurance contracts
  6. insurance fire
  7. insurance fires
  8. insurance fraud
  9. insurance frauds
  10. insurance goal
  11. insurance goals

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