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insurance fraud

insurance fraud noun: receiving insurance policy-based compensation by deceitfully causing an event that, if it were accidental, would lead to a rightful claim for said compensation.

Noun

insurance fraud (countable and uncountable, plural insurance frauds)

  1. Receiving insurance policy-based compensation by deceitfully causing an event that, if it were accidental, would lead to a rightful claim for said compensation.
    • Some people have committed insurance fraud by setting their houses on fire and claiming that the fire was an accident.

Forms of insurance fraud

pluralinsurance frauds

Questions about insurance fraud

What does insurance fraud mean?
Insurance fraud means receiving insurance policy-based compensation by deceitfully causing an event that, if it were accidental, would lead to a rightful claim for said compensation.
What part of speech is insurance fraud?
Insurance fraud is a noun.
What is the plural of insurance fraud?
The plural of insurance fraud is insurance frauds.

Words near insurance fraud in the dictionary

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

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