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insurance fires

insurance fires is the plural of insurance fire.

Meaning of insurance fire

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

Questions about insurance fires

What is insurance fires the plural of?
Insurance fires is the plural of insurance fire.

Words near insurance fires in the dictionary

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

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